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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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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On one side were those who feared depopulation of the nation's farms would burden the nation's growing cities and might cause food prices to rise dangerously.

一部分人担心农村人口的减少会给城市增长增加负担，可能导致食品价格危险上涨。

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

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More than 800, 000 people have fled Kosovo, a Serbian province where refugees say Yugoslav troops have conducted a campaign of terror and depopulation against civilians.

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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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