Best Practices to Enhance the Transportation-Land Use Connection in the Rural United States (2007) / Chapter Skim
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8The data and literature demonstrate that most rural U.S. counties can be classified into three main community types stratified by their economic engine and rate of growth.
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schools, and inadequate water and sewer systems)
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and services leads to the creation of new and higher paying jobs and the ability to meet more daily needs locally, including health care and education. Similar to exurban communities, there is a demand for new housing construction and an increase in the cost of living.
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ity farming -- flat and open land, hot and humid summers, and wet winters, are not the conditions typically associated with high natural amenity areas that attract new residents and in turn a more diverse economy. Declining communities are concentrated in the Great Plains, Corn Belt, Mississippi Delta, and Appalachia; these are mapped in Figure 4.
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Accessibility and Livability Challenges Faced by Rural Communities Rural communities face a number of challenges in providing accessibility, the transportation connection between the community and its needs, and livability, the characteristics that make the community a desirable place to live. The challenges identified through the project survey, focus groups, and case studies are described in more detail below.
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population growth is typically followed by an increase in local shops, services, and entertainment. The local accessibility challenge for exurban communities is to develop appropriate transportation networks to connect residents to these new commercial centers.
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