Sentences with phrase «high density urban»

The bill gives top priority for federal transportation and development dollars throughout the state to high density urban centers in a bid to drastically cut down on driving.

If this bill is signed by Governor Schwarzenegger as it's expected to be, then California will become the first state to consciously choose to focus people into high density urban living and out of suburban tract homes.

High density urban development without parking for cars is the goal.

«Local politicians have sought to increase town centre populations by encouraging the supply of high density urban housing on almost every available plot of land.

This focus on higher density urban development is expected to have a major impact on purchasing patterns, resulting in the creation of more affordable housing options.

Neither stepped up the plate to say: «We need to switch to higher density urban land use patterns, and encourage mass transit and bicycles».

Not exact matches

Its positions in Southern California, the Chicago region, the Northeast, as well as Florida place it within large population centers, which, according to the DEA, gives it access to «potential high density drug markets that TCOs will look to exploit through the street - level drug distribution activities of urban organized crime groups / street gangs.»

Not content with designing iconic buildings in his homeland of Denmark, his firm, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), has crossed the Atlantic in a bid to revolutionize the way architects and planners think about high - density urban housing.

Pür Gum — which now has revenues in excess of $ 10 million, about 60 % of which come from outside Canada — soon began to target certain high density U.S. urban regions — New York, parts of California, Florida — all «health hubs» where Klein reckoned he could visit many potential retailers without logging a huge amount of travel time.

Richard Florida, the urban studies theorist and author of «The Rise of the Creative Class» recently cited three particular Boulder ingredients that could help explain its start - up density: «talented people and a high quality of life that keeps them around, technological expertise, and an open - mindedness about new ways of doing things, which often comes from a strong counterculture.»

It's been growing nicely in high - density, urban markets and we are bringing in Mono to help us think through the next chapter in the Peroni growth story,» says Pete Marino, president of MillerCoors» craft and imports division, known as Tenth and Blake.

Mass Transit: Elon Musk said in his Master Plan, Part Deux blog post that he wants to design «high passenger - density urban transport».

Mass transit: Musk said in his Master Plan, Part Deux blog post that he wants to design «high passenger - density urban transport.»

It's not that urban areas favor democrats but rather those that live in urban areas tend to either fit into and / or associate more with the demographics that do tend to favor democrats at a higher density than in the rural areas.

Many high population density urban metropolitan areas now allow some degree of choice against that backdrop.

The blueprint also encourages urban agriculture, rethinks sewer and wastewater management and reduces greenhouse gas emissions per capita to the lowest in the world by promoting even higher - density living with smaller multifamily homes, especially along transit corridors in Vancouver's downtown peninsula.

(High - density urban settlements are commonly located on coastlines for convenient access to international trade.)

The supply of high - density urban housing has increased, but people continue to choose to live in suburbs and commuter towns.

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.

Of note today: non-exclusive breastfeeding increases the risk of HIV transmission via the alteration of gut microbiome / T - cell activation; Fasting altered the gut microbiome in beneficial ways but only in mice previously fed a high fat diet; An investigation into new species of the honey and bumblebee gut commensal genus Gilliamella; Catfish development shapes gut microbial community structure independent of diet; A metagenomic analysis of the skin microbiome of the frog, Craugastor fitzingeri; The microbiome is altered during the bioremediation of herbicide contaminated soil; The impact of urban density on the soil microbiome; A randomized placebo controlled clinical trial of a microbiota based drug for the prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection; and the virome of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin of Mexico

It represents an urban pastiche in which individuals struggle to come to terms with a sense of detachment and loneliness despite the territory's high - density population.

In particular, the income of neighborhood residents and the amenities available near the school both affect teachers» decisions of where to teach, particularly in urban areas with high population - density.

High - priority location areas shall be in high - density, low - economic urban schools; low - density, low - economic rural schools; and schools that earned a grade of «F» or three consecutive grades of «D» pursuant to s. 1008High - priority location areas shall be in high - density, low - economic urban schools; low - density, low - economic rural schools; and schools that earned a grade of «F» or three consecutive grades of «D» pursuant to s. 1008high - density, low - economic urban schools; low - density, low - economic rural schools; and schools that earned a grade of «F» or three consecutive grades of «D» pursuant to s. 1008.34.

As Mercedes sees it, in high - density urban and suburban areas, traffic barriers will fall and vehicles will literally occupy the same space as pedestrians.

And there's more, with Musk's announcement that he sees a need for heavy - duty electric trucks and «high passenger - density urban transport», which means buses, and autonomous ones at that.

However, when you take into account the relatively low population density across the Tar Heel state and consider the fact that until recently North Carolina's rural population was higher than its urban population, the low rates begin to make sense.

However, the incidence is likely to be greater in urban areas where cats live in high density than in rural areas where they do not.

«Local densities can be extremely high,» they write, «reaching up to 1,580 cats per square kilometer in urban areas.»

On islands and in fragmented urban and suburban habitats unnaturally high densities of cats are not only capable of reducing or eradicating populations of birds and small mammals, they can out - compete native predators like foxes and weasels.

Forty of these species are often present in urban or suburban landscapes, where impacts of high cat densities on bird populations have been demonstrated elsewhere.

Indonesia's province of West Java covers roughly one third of the entire island — you guessed it, the western bit — and this tremendously diverse environment encompasses high - density urban zones, dramatic volcanic peaks, rich colonial heritage, impressive national parks, bounteous agricultural regions, beautiful beaches, and is home to the proud Sundanese people who are endowed with unique cultural and artistic traditions.

Taking advantage of the unique urban landscape and high density of artist studios in DUMBO, Brooklyn, the first Art Under the Bridge Festival included open studios, live music and dance performances, and an art parade.

Driss Ouadahi's abstract compositions feature grid patterns with a density that evokes the tightly woven networks of high - rise urban housing projects, subways and fences.

With an annual population growth rate of 6.5 % and one of the highest urban densities in the world, the 1.5 million people living in the Kathmandu Valley were clearly facing a serious and growing earthquake risk.

An urban cool island can form in high - density cities like Hong Kong because tall buildings provide extra heat capacity and shade.

Instead, the Legislature recently killed a high - profile bill that would have granted developers «by right» approval to build higher - density housing around transit stations, which would have boosted housing supply in urban areas.

• Urban, high density and high - rise buildings • Low - rise and rural approaches • Buildings from the arctic to the tropics • Policymakers with growing expertise in implementing Passive House programs • Multi-family housing, both affordable and market rate • Integration of renewable energy • Steel and concrete construction, wood frame construction and cross-laminated timber (CLT) construction • The processes, details and results of passive house projects

when combined, these factors are sometimes referred to as «urban morphology»... «urban morphology (the hottest zones in the city are those with the tallest and the highest density of buildings, without green spaces and with intense generation of heat from traffic, commerce and services);»

The high - density urban coastal corridor from Washington, D.C., north to Boston is one of the most developed environments in the world.

This would be applicable in high density, more urban situations.

While the air filtration done by trees is much higher in rural areas, the benefits are bigger in urban areas because population density and pollution are denser.

The pilot system is being funded by a grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation in the hope that «corporate campuses, vacation destinations and high - density urban and public transit locations» will see the value of these systems.

But I have not heard anyone, anywhere, discuss doing urban farming on land that might otherwise be developed for higher density living.

So it took a fair bit of chutzpah to host a conference whose title, translated literally, was «In Praise of Density» and whose message was: high urban density is good for our Density» and whose message was: high urban density is good for our density is good for our cities.

Urban also does not mean only high density.

The conference participants, which included a significant percentage of the country's architectural and urban planning heavyweights, also discussed issues such as transportation infrastructure in dense urban fabrics, population diversity in neighborhoods, open spaces and public buildings in cities, and the connection between high densities and tall buildings.

This means that just by targeting these dirty old clunkers, badly tuned rust - buckets, and street racers, we could make a significant impact on air quality, especially in urban areas where the density of vehicles gets high enough for pollutant concentrations to reach dangerous levels.

But to truly change the clean transport paradigm, Tesla is looking to a few additional options, such as a pickup truck, an electric big rig or semi (which is said to be under development), and a «high passenger - density urban transport» solution (perhaps in the form of autonomous electric buses).

Additionally, there are certain locations more likely to be accident sites, with the vast majority of pedestrian fatalities occurring in high - density urban areas such as downtown areas or within metropolitan area borders.

High traffic density is found in urban areas.