Sentences with phrase «rapid urban expansion»

At the same time, it is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a high rate of deforestation and forest degradation due to rapid urban expansion.

More than 400 programs in 62 countries invested in the natural ability of forests, wetlands, grasslands, and other ecosystems to ensure clean, reliable water supplies for cities and communities, and to combat threats from rapid urban expansion and agricultural pollution.

Nakahira and his colleagues questioned the process of photography and pushed the medium to reflect the rapid urban expansion and social upheaval sweeping across Japan.

Researchers have, for the first time, mapped the rapid urban expansion that has occurred across the whole of East - Southeast Asia in the last decade.

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In Singapore, where dense urban structures result in the UHI phenomenon, rapid population growth and the expansion of city development are expected to further worsen the quality of urban life.

The rapid expansion in urban development comes almost all at the expense of cultivated and grazing land.

And turnaround schools, both in Chicago and in other urban districts like Philadelphia, are experiencing significant enrollment loss — driven largely by the rapid expansion of charter high schools — that in some ways hinders improvement.

Finally, there's our vulnerability to heavy rainfall events, in this case exacerbated by the city's rapid expansion that has paved over former grasslands, overloaded critical infrastructure, challenged urban planning, and limited evacuation routes.

Though the current substitution rate is negligible, a rapid expansion is possible with the use of wood residues (urban wood, pallets, and secondary manufacturing products) and dedicated feedstock supply systems (DFSS) such as willow, poplar, and switchgrass.