Rural settlement means people living in rural areas, that is, not in the cities (which are urban areas).
Less and less people live in rural areas because there are less jobs there than in the city as our farming becomes more and more industrialized - before more people had to work on the farm, as more things had to be done by hand.
Answer:
The process whereby countries in a geographical area cooperate with one another to reduce barriers to the international flow of products,people or capital is called as regional economic integration.
Explanation:
Regional economic integration is defined as an agreement between groups of counties in a geographical region that reduces barriers to the flow of goods,services,factors etc.
In 1952, this type of agreement was occur between European and 15 different European countries and the main purpose of this was to eliminate the barriers and create flow of goods between European countries which in turn creates new opportunities and provide regional free trade agreement.
The levels of integrations are Free trade,Customs Union, Common Market,Political Union etc.
