The phrase "affect the countryside" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the impact of certain actions, events, or policies on rural areas or landscapes.
Example: "The new agricultural policies are expected to significantly affect the countryside, altering both the economy and the environment."
Alternatives: "influence rural areas" or "impact the rural landscape".
The Dutch Elm Disease outbreak of the late 1960s and early 1970s was arguably one of the most dramatic environmental events to affect the British countryside in the last fifty years.
This is not the first time that economic changes have affected this countryside.
The grounds also feature a ha-ha, a trench that separates the gardens from the countryside without affecting the view, and a gazebo made of bricks fired in Tudor times that the English Heritage organization has listed as being of special historical interest.
"Corruption affects the entire population, from clerks in the countryside to senior government officials," said Ognian Stefanov, who almost a year ago started Frog News, a news Web site in Bulgaria.
Reming and two other typhoons in September and October have also affected the water situation in villages and the countryside.
It acknowledges formally for the first time since then that the UK's food production and distribution affects not just the countryside and environment but our health, social equity, and whether we will even have enough to eat, as natural resources dwindle and climate change disrupts farming.
His reforms negatively affected the already stagnant economy, which led to greater debt, higher taxes, and increased unrest in the countryside.
The ongoing rural abandonment process and the crisis in livestock breeding are also affecting the landscape around the villages as well as the social structures in the villages and in the countryside.
They say the structures deter tourists from visiting the countryside, affect water tables and increase traffic.
