While the two fields are interrelated, there is a simple distinction that can be made based on their respective outcomes when they are undertaken as processes: urban planning manages land use change...
rural areas are settled places outside towns and cities. they can have an agricultural character,though many rural areas are based on natural gas, petroleum, etc... rural areas are less modern and...
Rural is farmland, country, open prairie or woodlands with houses/residences or businesses. Suburb is on the outlying areas of a city. Urban is closer to a city, or can be smaller cities next to a...