National Academy of Sciences releases report Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications for the Economic Research Service, including presentations from RUPRI Leaders, Dr. Tom Johnson and Dr. Bruce Weber.
The Economic Research Service at USDA maintains four distinct geographic classification systems to designate areas by the degree to which they are rural. In April 2015, the Committee on National Statistics convened a workshop to explore data and policy issues for rationalizing multiple classifications of rural areas. The workshop findings have been presented here and including contributions from two RUPRI Leaders, Tom Johnson and Bruce Weber.
