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Education infrastructure is a critical public service facility in rural areas. The evaluation of rural education infrastructure could have important implications for the spatial distribution optimization of public educational services in countryside...

Basic education resources are basic urban and rural social public security resources, and their spatial distribution is an important issue related to people’s livelihoods and social justice. Taking Wuhan as a case study, this paper analyzed the...

This article investigates if public investments in rural basic infrastructure represent the best strategy for boosting the local economy of rural communities from Romania. The article focuses on one specific program implemented under the Cohesion pol...

The concept of a ‘smart city’ is now commonly used to describe the use of various digital and other technologies, to collect data to provide information that can be used to manage resources efficiently and provide a better standard of liv...

The implementation of water and sanitation safety plans (WSSP) has the potential of greatly improving the challenge of resource-limited drinking-water supplies. However, the most effective tool to make WSSP successful is understanding of the factors...

This study aims to investigate the influence of air pollution and physical exercise on residents’ health using data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) 2018. The research is based on the Grossman Health Production Function and employs...

UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 states that access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy should be provided for all by 2030. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries on earth but has abundant supply of energy resources. Th...

This study presents new empirical findings on the multidimensional barriers that disadvantaged communities must overcome to equitably access quality education and health services. Equitable access to education and health services in disadvantaged com...

Rural teachers often face systemic barriers that limit their ability to engage in technology-integrated pedagogy despite growing global emphasis on digital education. This study examined the digital training needs, tool proficiency, and institutional...

This descriptive paper describes factors related to demographics and health in an artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) community in Ghana’s Upper East Region. Participants (n = 114) were surveyed in 2010 and 2011, adapting questions from the...

Country parks are an important instrument for implementing China’s strategies on ecological civilization and integrated urban–rural development. This study conducted field surveys in seven country parks of Shanghai. Meanwhile, stakeholder...

The research was carried out in neighboring weredas in Ethiopia (Raya Alamata in the Tigray region and Raya Kobo in Amhara) and assessed reasons for differences in the food security status of households in the two areas. The objective was to examine...