This year the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has been looking at tourism as a way to create jobs and opportunities in rural areas under the banner of Tourism and Rural Development.

Gatuyaini Shopping Centre, Othaya Constituency, once a vibrant rural town, has now shut down due to a dwindling rural economy. [Lydiah Nyawira, Standard] A few days before Christmas, as Kenyans ...

Maria Sykes, Epicenter Executive Director, in front of the neon welcome sign by artist Lisa Ward. (Photo by Danny Baxter) Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email ...

The Climbing Amphitheatre in Aiyuan town, Siyang county, Jiangsu province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] In Aiyuan town, Siyang county, East China's Jiangsu province, a circular wooden ...

The West Texas town of Marathon (pronounced Mara-thun) is not the most likely place to find an advanced and highly crafted work of modern public architecture. The unincorporated desert outpost, best ...

Artists have long been attracted to the vernacular architecture of the rural South. For half a century, William Christenberry memorialized the abandoned structures of Hale County, Ala., in hauntingly ...

Architecture can be a powerful agent of change, shaping not just spaces but the way people live, connect, and experience the world. “Design and architecture are amazing tools to create a unique ...

Traditional Mexican housing is being transformed by a number of factors, namely the urbanization of rural areas, the disruption of public information, the loss of the environmental consciousness, and ...