Public-private partnerships are VITAL! 🤝 Gov + industry + academia = systemic change for Tier 2/3 cities. Private sector must co-create curriculum & champion local talent. 🏘️➡️🏢 #Partnerships #SkillDevelopment #UrbanRuralDivide

Dean Khosla discusses Washington State University's agricultural impact and collaboration efforts Dean Khosla emphasizes WSU's role in agriculture research and bridging urban-rural divides.

Washington's agriculture faces a looming crisis due to drought and a growing urban-rural divide, making it crucial for institutions like WSU to lead the charge in research and collaboration.

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#WA #CitizenPortal #AgriculturalResearch #UrbanRuralDivide

🚀 A great start at #ecprgc25!
Our section on Local Government and Politics kicked off with an insightful panel on the Urban/Rural Divide.

👏 Many thanks to our speakers and participants for a truly engaging discussion!

#ECPR #LocalGovernment #UrbanRuralDivide #ecprgc25

لاہور کے پوش ایریاز کی اچھی خاصی سڑکیں توڑ کر نئی بنا رہے ہیں جبکہ چھوٹے شہروں اور دیہات کی سڑکیں برسوں سے ٹونٹی پھوٹی ہیں۔ ان کے لیے کوئی بجٹ نہیں ہے۔ حکمران چند بڑے شہروں سے دور رہنے والے لوگوں کو شائد انسان ہی نہیں سمجھتے، عدنان عادل

#UrbanRuralDivide #RoadInfrastructure #PakistanMatters

To be clear, I think the #UrbanRuralDivide is real. Both sides perpetuate it. It is as if people think it is more useful to exploit the tension for short-term gain, rather than working to build a #BigMessyAmerica that can contain multitudes.

Namibia bets N$898 million on digital leap to bridge urban-rural divide  Namibia is channeling N$898 million into a sweeping digital transformation aimed at narrowing the stark urban-rural divide in internet access, a move poised to unlock economic opportunities for underserved communities. The budget, outlined by Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus, targets critical infrastructure gaps, cybersecurity, and media modernization

#Namibia #DigitalTransformation #UrbanRuralDivide #InternetAccess #EconomicOpportunities

The urban rural divide is a product of both:

1) culture through different lived experiences and the way those experiences are understood &

2) rhetorical narrative that seeks to build upon and exploit the above for political power or monetary gain.

#UrbanRuralDivide
#Narrative #Identity
#Culture

This is important. The #UrbanRuralDivide is real, but we aren't very curious about it. We should be. #BigMessyAmerica #BeerBaseballAndTheBible

This whole thread has been an interesting discussion on the #urbanruraldivide in American politics. #BeerBaseballAndTheBible

I used to teach a class called #BeerBaseballAndTheBible about literature and culture of the 1920s. The #urbanruraldivide was one of the big themes. The 1920 census was the first in US history where more Americans lived in urban areas than rural ones.

Beyond the Urban-Rural Binary: #SpatialDynamics of #Integration, #Segregation and #Radicalisation in #NorthwestEurope

Authors: Tahir Abbas @tahirabbas.bsky.social , Richard McNeil-Willson @mcneilwillson.bsky.social

Leiden University, The University of Edinburgh

Coming soon!

#UrbanRuralDivide

This urbanist article argues that artificially high housing costs are behind a host of problems in the Western world. It makes its argument based on cold economics. I don’t disagree with the rationale, but I intentionally live in a small city of 18,000 because I’m a romantic. #UrbanRuralDivide

A guy on a Segway just stopped at the new Iron Range food truck. #urbanruraldivide #realSTPAUL #OnlyinMn