BACKGROUND Studies in the United States show that rural persons with HIV are more likely than their urban counterparts to be diagnosed at a late stage of infection, suggesting missed opportunities for HIV testing in rural areas. To inform discussion of HIV testing policies in rural areas, we generated nationally representative, population-based estimates of HIV testing frequencies in urban vs. ...

Rising levels of impervious surfaces in densely populated cities and climate change-related weather extremes such as heavy rain events or long dry periods provide us with new challenges for sustainable stormwater management urban areas. The Special Issue consists nine articles a review focuses on range relevant issues: different aspects findings runoff quantity quality, including strategies tec...

extended abstract 1. introduction the bond between urban and rural areas, the result of their mutual needs in a spatial system, is the basis of urban-rural continuity. one of such bonds is the transfer of agricultural goods from villages to urban market. the structure of production and the flow of agricultural products to urban market could be affected by factors such as access to natural resou...