town-country symbiosis [ town/country symbiosis ]

urban continuum

15. Recalls that, since one of the main objectives of the e-Health Action Plan is to ensure equal access to healthcare services for all citizens of the Union, measures should be taken as a matter of urgency to close the digital gap between the different regions of the Member States and between urban and rural populations, and, more particularly, to tackle disparities affecting women, the elderly, people with disabilities and people from disadvantaged groups in society as regards access to ICTs within Member States; stresses that particular attention should be given to women living in low income settings and rural areas, and to elderly women, who often ...[+++] lack ICT skills;

in relation to local development, where applicable, a description of the mechanisms to ensure coherence between activities envisaged under the local development strategies, the "Cooperation" measure referred to in Article 35, and the "Basic services and village renewal in rural areas" measure referred to in Article 20 including urban-rural links;

It would also facilitate better urban-rural linkages and interactions (2).

8. Calls on the Member States to address the digital divide – for example between urban and rural areas – and to ensure that, with digitisation, all individuals in all regions have equal access to public service broadcasting;