rural environment
1rural — rural, *rustic, pastoral, bucolic are comparable when they mean of or characteristic of the country as distinguished from city life. Rural is the most comprehensive term; in its widest meaning it implies open country whether uninhabited or… …
2Rural health — In medicine, rural health is the interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in the context of a rural environment or location.Some of the fields of study comprising rural health include: health, geography, midwifery (remote… …
3Environment Secretary — can refer to: * Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Scotland * Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Hong Kong * Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom * Secretary of the… …
4Rural — areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as the country, and/or the countryside) over the course of time. According to William Howarth, author of “The Value of Rural Life in American Culture,” rural communities were dominant in the… …
5Environment Agency — A government agency (sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) with responsibility for regulating a wide range of environmental issues in England and Wales, including waste management, water pollution and abstraction,… …
6environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
7Environment Agency — The Environment Agency ( cy. Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) is a Non Departmental Public Body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Sponsored Public Body of the National Assembly for Wales. The Agency s purpose is… …
8Rural Development Service — The Rural Development Service (RDS) was formerly part of the UK Government s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It ceased to exist on 1 October 2006 following the creation of Natural England. History RDS was created in… …
9Rural Education and Development Programme — Infobox Non profit Non profit name = Rural Education and Development Programme Non profit Non profit type = founded date = 2001 founder = James Kingsley Addo location = Ajumako Enyan Essiam , Ghana origins = key people = James Kingsley Addo… …
10Rural society in China — Fish farmer at peasant market in Danshan, Sichuan September 2005 Rural society in the People s Republic of China occupies more than a half of China s population (roughly 55%) and has a varied range in terms of standard of living and life patterns …
