Sentences with phrase «growing urban populations»

The sector is experiencing rapid and sweeping changes, driven largely by the development of new technology, new market entrants offering alternative modes of transport, and growing urban populations putting existing services under pressure..

Green Spaces in Iran are Cluttered with Trash Fast - growing urban populations and the rapid spread of the kind of consumer culture that generates so much trash in the first place seem to have outpaced any type of consciousness about littering in Turkey, a problem apparently shared with neighboring Iran.

This guidance document presents that climate change adds to the urgency of sustainable urban planning and management and to the a broad set of challenges for many city governments revolving around providing jobs, services and housing to growing urban populations.

Growing urban populations in the next few decades will mean greater pressures on agricultural production, water use and soil health.

As a result, these countries will face numerous challenges in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations, including for housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy and employment, as well as for basic services such as education and health care.

Cholera, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, influenza, measles — all of these pulsed through growing urban populations of the 1800s, killing thousands and then stealthily retreating for a generation or two, waiting for immunity to fade, before returning to kill thousands once more.

The growing urban populations resulted in overcrowding, unemployment and crime, but the worsening situation was neglected by the Syrian government, the study says.

Could growing crops on high - rise buildings feed growing urban populations, thereby sparing the need to cultivate more and more tracts of land?

India is building railroad lines that crisscross the country to connect underused coal mines with growing urban populations, threatening to dump more resources into an already glutted market.

Undiscouraged by the secession of the Free Church, it created new parishes to meet the needs of the growing urban population and recruited and trained a body of clergy to replace those who went with the Free Church.

Today's developing world faces just as much pressure to feed a growing urban population with nutritious, often more costly food — with increasing potential for global impact.

The Greater Bendigo municipality is home to around 100,000 while the city has a steadily growing urban population of about 80,000 people which places it as the fourth largest regional centre in Victoria after Ballarat, Geelong and Melbourne.

However, as the world's growing urban population continues to put pressure on ecosystems outside of our cities, it's likely that farming innovations like this one will find a niche and a market.

Thanks to this smart and sophisticated system, Singapore is one of the least congested major cities in the world, despite a growing urban population and limited physical space.

«Increasing consumption in urbanising China has been identified as an important driver of household carbon footprints over the last 20 years due to the growing urban population and incomes, while decreasing carbon intensity of the Chinese economy only weakly dampens these trends,» the study says.

The detached single - family home may dominate in a large portion of the U.S., but in many cities across the country, the growing urban population and lack of space may make this type of home less common in the future.

«These figures tell us not just about the physical character of each city, but the potential they have for new housing as many places (Detroit not withstanding) look for space to fit a growing urban population,» says The Washington Post.

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And the Sears store was a way to take that innovation to fast growing centers of urban populations.

Similarly, the urban population is projected to grow about 1.6 % per year over this period, and this can be used as a proxy for growth of the middle class to a lower bound of 3 billion.

Urban churches grew and prospered as a result of that population movement; but the rural ethos continued to be reflected in worship, organization and mission priorities.

Downtown Miami continues to establish itself as a true global, urban destination, with a population of almost 90,000 residents — a 150 % increase since 2000 and still growing, consisting mostly of young professionals.

This seems surprising when one looks at the statistics — after all, the developing middle class, an indicator of a more urban and modernizing society, is still a minority (perhaps 300 million of China's 1.3 billion population), albeit a fast - growing one, and China remains a very poor country in terms of per capita GDP, as well as substantially rural.

At a time when the urban population is growing quickly, the number of registered voters in these areas is not keeping pace.

The National Population Commission (NPC) has put Nigeria's current population at 198 million people with urban population growing at an average annual growth rate...

However, rapidly aging infrastructure, population growth, and increasing urbanization call into question current urban water management strategies, especially in the fast - growing urban areas in Asia and Africa.

Long before the magnitude 7.0 temblor in January, Haiti's land had been subject to intensive logging and urban sprawl, which diminished its agricultural ability to supply food to its fast - growing population

The increase in use of words like «choose,» «compete,» «private,» «autonomy» and «innovation» demonstrated a growing prevalence of individualistic values coinciding with sharp rises in urban population, household consumption and education levels.

On the other hand, they say the city could grow even more resilient due to the ongoing efforts to reduce the urban heat island effect — for instance through programs to install reflective roofs and plant trees, as well as to protect vulnerable populations through heat warning systems and the availability of cooling centers.

Enck blames the decline on more and more young people growing up in urban cultures removed from hunting, an increasing proportion of ethnic minorities (who are less likely to hunt) in the population and — surprise, surprise — the rise in single - parent families «with fewer opportunities for children to learn about hunting from their fathers».

The increase in population size also seems to have levelled off in the Turku region, whereas the breeding population continues to grow outside large urban areas both in the coastal archipelago and on inland lakes.

A new University of Washington study finds that urban crops in Seattle could only feed between 1 and 4 percent of the city's population, even if all viable backyard and public green spaces were converted to growing produce.

With more than half of the world's population now living in cities, urban sprawl is a growing problem — particularly in North America, where single - family homes and two - car garages are common.

Contrary to previous findings, the new results reveal that the rate of population change has grown much more rapidly than the expansion of urban land.

In a study published in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, the researchers provide evidence to suggest that urban populations have grown more rapidly than the expansion of urban areas, leading to increased population densities in some of the most populated yet vulnerable regions in the world.

The population of cities in the studied region grew annually, on average, at 2.8 %, in contrast to the rates of change for urban land average, which grew 2.0 % annually.

In contrast, the insecticide sensitivities of H. azteca collected from undeveloped sites beyond the influences of agricultural / urban runoff were similar to those of lab - grown populations.

The model suggests that outbreaks are more likely in urban areas with higher human and mosquito population densities, in years with longer growing seasons, when infected travelers arrive early in the growing season, and when tiger mosquitos have fewer non-human hosts that result in wasted bites.

In the 19th Century, as American's urban population grew and the demand for wild meat increased, thousands of men became full - time pigeon hunters.

Jiayuan got its start a decade ago to address the unique needs of China's rapidly growing urban singles population.

Jiayuan describes itself as an online dating pioneer «committed to addressing the dating and marriage needs of China's rapidly growing urban singles population by providing a trusted, effective platform.»

Jiayuan is committed to providing a trusted, effective, and user - focused online dating platform that addresses the dating and marriage needs of China's rapidly growing urban singles population.

By contrast, in the less urban area of western Contra Costa County, there are more available facilities and a growing population of students that match most charter schools» target populations — but fewer opportunities to access philanthropic dollars to start up new schools.

As we reflect on this moment in urban Catholic education, the Jubilee closings should not cause us to lose faith in our future; rather, we have an opportunity to work together and identify new ways — from donor relations to cost - sharing collaboration — to maintain and grow our national network of high - quality Catholic schools, especially those that serve lower - income populations in urban areas.

Not only is the state's total population growing (Idaho is the 10th fastest growing state), but Gem State families are increasingly urban, non-white and lower income.

Shep's groundbreaking longitudinal study of African American children growing up in the Woodlawn area of Chicago was among the first community studies to identify risk factors for negative health and behavioral outcomes in an urban, minority population.

Yet many suburban districts now rival urban districts in the challenges they face, having experienced dramatic population changes in just the past decade, with fast growing numbers of English Language Learners and students living in poverty attending Read more about Suburban Schools: The Unrecognized Frontier in Public Education -LSB-...]

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

There's long been an assumption that white parents in urban areas have turned to private schools in part to separate their children from the growing black and Latino populations in the public school system.

Making cities smarter with ePaper As technologically advanced urban areas, designed to take on 21st century challenges, smart cities have the potential to meet the needs of a global urban population growing at an astonishing 3 million people per week.

As the population grows and move toward urban areas, the desire of driving their Corvette with their hair in the wind, is being replaced by low gas consumption transportation.