EMBASE version 2/6/2025:
(Rural OR frontier* OR wilderness OR countryside OR outback* OR outstation* OR outpost* OR farm OR farms OR farming OR farmer* OR orchard* OR vineyard* OR ranch* OR non-metropolitan OR non-urban OR “northern territory land council*” OR “native title” OR village* OR hamlet* OR “small town*” OR settlement* OR ranger* OR “australian bush” OR “australian bushland” OR “indian reservation*” OR ((native OR indigenous OR aborigin* OR “first nation*” OR tribe* OR tribal) NEAR/3 (reserv* OR “protected area*” OR outstation* OR homeland* OR community OR communities )) OR ((Remote OR isolated OR agricultural) NEAR/3 (commun* OR area* OR town* OR region* OR site* OR location* OR zone* OR county OR counties OR reserv* OR compound* OR colony OR colonies OR encampment* )) ):ab,kw,jt,ti
consider ORing kibbutz* to commun*
(Rural* OR agricultur* OR wilderness* OR frontier* OR ((tribal OR tribe OR tribes OR native OR indian) AND reservation*) OR farmer OR farmers OR farming OR farm OR farms OR nonurban* OR "non-urban" OR remote OR outback* OR isolated OR "small town" OR "small towns" OR village* OR settlement*)
"remote" OR isolated can cause problems with irrelevant results. However, they work in some searches. The following "isolate ___" OR "remote ____" phrases may work better in some searches --
“remote area” OR “remote areas” OR “remote region” OR “remote regions” OR “isolated area” OR “isolated areas” OR "isolated region" OR "isolated regions" OR "remote location" OR "remote locations" OR "isolated location" OR "isolated locations" OR "remote site" OR "remote sites" OR "isolated site" OR "isolated sites"
In some searches the terms --
nonurban OR nonmetropolitan OR "non-urban" OR "non-metropolitan"
-- may be important. However, these may retrieve content concernign suburban areas.
“remote area” OR “remote areas” OR “remote region” OR “remote regions” OR “isolated area” OR “isolated areas” OR "isolated region" OR "isolated regions" OR "remote location" OR "remote locations" OR "isolated location" OR "isolated locations" OR "remote site" OR "remote sites" OR "isolated site" OR "isolated sites"
In some searches the terms --
nonurban OR nonmetropolitan OR "non-urban" OR "non-metropolitan"
-- may be important. However, these may retrieve content concernign suburban areas.
Depending on the search topic, the searcher may wish to OR in
--the names of native tribes and/or native peoples, e.g.
eskimo* OR "first people" OR "first peoples" OR aborigin* ...
-- terms for migrant laborers
migrant* OR
-- terms for other people groups who tend to live in rural settings
amish OR hutterite* ...
-- names of various farm animals, farm equipment, farm buildings, farm activities, crops, diseases associated with farming, (although depending on other search concepts, some of these might cause retrieval of an overwhelming number of irrelevant results)
