Word: ruralization
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...issue here is not rural versus urban area,” said report co-author Joshua Frances, a research assistant at HSPH and the Center for Public Health Preparedness. “Urban areas are more vulnerable and need more resources. But rural areas need to be prepared...
Frances, along with co-authors Michael Merit, director of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, and Paul Campbell, lecturer on management, cited several areas of rural America that are particularly vulnerable to bioterrorism...
...Though many perceive rural areas to be just farmland, plains, and dense forest, much of the nation’s water supply, food supply, and critical industries (power plant and water treatment facilities) are located in rural areas,” Frances said in a press release...
...report, entitled “Preparing for Public Health Emergencies: Meeting the Challenges in Rural America,” calls for congressional hearings on the issue of bioterrorism risk and a General Accounting Office report...
...response, some politicians representing rural areas are maneuvering to bring federal money to their constituencies...