IN HIS 1891 novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy lamented the depopulation of the English countryside.

1891年，托马斯·哈代（Thomas Hardy）在其著名的小说《德伯家的苔丝》（Tess of the D’Urbervilles）中为英国乡村人口的减少而扼腕叹息。

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But could the more than 100 miles of depopulation between Glasgow/Edinburgh on the one hand and Liverpool/Manchester/Newcastle on the other have something to do with these results?

但是格拉斯哥/爱丁堡这边同利物浦/曼彻斯特/纽卡斯尔那边之间有超过100英里的人烟稀少之地，这和研究的结果有影响吧？

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Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem.

鲍威尔-泰勒先生说人口的急剧减少使得该问题更加严重。

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Algeria has endured the classic problems of exaggerated industrialisation, ill-managed farm collectivisation, and rural depopulation.

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In 2006 an energetic Mr Fenty (at 35, the youngest mayor in the District's history) inherited a city on the mend after decades of depopulation and woeful governance.

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Creeping depopulation and economic distress in rural areas.

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