The relationships and interactions between rural and urban spaces have long been of
interest in the territorial sciences. However, the approaches taken to these questions have …

Research on the intermediate space or interface where rural and urban boundaries become
blurred has been gaining momentum within geography and other intersecting fields. In …

We show here that population growth, resolved at the county level, is spatially
heterogeneous both among and within the US metropolitan statistical areas. Our analysis of …

This article examines the context of growing up in rural America and how rural roots shape
life chances. The distinctive physical, social, and cultural attributes of rural areas can …

This article uses 2020 Census data to document recent trends in suburbanization,
ethnoracial diversity, and residential segregation in the United States. It considers variation …

Children born into poverty in rural America achieve higher average income levels as adults
than their urban peers. As economic opportunity tends to be more abundant in cities, this" …

Purpose As the population ages, the number of people with cognitive impairment will rapidly
increase. Although previous research has explored the rural‐urban gap in physical health …

Rural-urban classifications are essential for analyzing geographic, demographic,
environmental, and social processes across the rural–urban continuum. Most existing …

Affordable housing has declined in recent decades, yet limited research has examined the
demographic and economic changes influencing place‐level affordability—especially …

Coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting global health crisis, George
Floyd's murder was broadcast on social media and popular news (The Marshall Project …