Sentences with phrase «urban sectors of»

The Inka Bridge and the Sun Gate are not located within the main Agricultural and Urban Sectors of Machu Picchu.

The main beach of the island is Playa Grande of an extension of 1,200 m, situated in the urban sector of Puerto del Carmen.

Between Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen is situated the urban sector of Playa Honda, right next to the airport.

Both hotels will be the chain's first two properties in the United States and further reinforce the exceptional offerings available in the urban sector of the company's portfolio.

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A disconnect between urban infill ambitions in WA and the sector's ability to deliver is hindering the development of medium - density projects.

HOW TO BUILD A SMARTER CITY IoT Track hosted by Flex We assemble experts from energy, transportation, government, finance, and other sectors to discuss the challenges and successes of connecting our urban areas.

Transportation is responsible for most air pollution in urban areas and produces the most greenhouse gases of any U.S. economic sector.

Unlike many other urban tech hubs, most of the growth of the New York City tech sector has come in the last decade.

Uber and Didi Kuaidi are both seeing the huge opportunity of running their services in a nation that has over 700 million potential commuters from the urban sector.

Urban Station developed a proposal that combines specially designed spaces and services with a physical platform where freelancers, entrepreneurs and companies from different industries can conduct their activities in a flexible manner, concerning themselves only with their work, with the possibility of joining a community charged with entrepreneurial energy in an ecosystem that brings together entities like Endeavor, Tedex, Start Up Chile with entrepreneurs from every sector, multinationals and local companies, transcending borders and strengthening the network.

The move comes as car makers and investors are pumping in billions of dollars into the so - called new energy vehicle sector in China, the world's biggest auto market, which is preparing to roll out tough norms to promote the sector to fight urban smog and cut dependence on imported oil.

It is strongest in precisely the sorts of places one might expect — rural locations more than urban; southern and midwestern regions more than in the rest of the country; and among Catholics and very sectarian groups (such as Jehovah's Witnesses) more than in any sector of Protestantism.

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

Development of national economies typically involved shifts from subsistence farming to «more efficient» methods that released labor from the rural sector to the urban one.

Founded in 1995, Urban Expositions, now operating as Clarion UX and owned by Clarion Events, produces and manages a portfolio of 36 trade and consumer events, serving a range of industry sectors including Gift, Souvenir, Art, Aviation, Foodservice, Specialty Retail, Gaming, Automotive and Enthusiast Lifestyle, with offices in Kennesaw, GA, Chicago, IL, Shelton, CT, Portland, OR, and Boca Raton, FL. www.urban-expo.com.

As well as the horde of other issues for urban food systems, Australia has one of the most concentrated food retail sectors in the world dominated by the supermarket duopoly, significant health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and a serious and growing issue of food waste.

Prior to being appointed deputy mayor, Glen served as head of the urban investment group at Goldman Sachs and is often described by political insiders as the «bridge» between de Blasio and the Wall Street and business sectors.

Raphael Cestero, who had served as deputy HPD commissioner earlier in the Bloomberg administration before a brief stint in the private sector, took over in February 2009 after Shaun Donovan left to become secretary of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

At an Urban Land Institute conference last week, two panels of transportation experts — one from the public sector, the other from the private sector — discussed the issues plaguing tri-state transportation systems and the potential of public - private partnerships to address them.

Established in 1965, PBA is active across a variety of sectors throughout Great Britain and Europe, including urban regeneration and renewal, land development, infrastructure, energy, residential and retail.

Howe then worked for Andrew Cuomo at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development before going in to the private sector, eventually landing with Whiteman Osterman Hanna, one of the largest and most politically connected lobbying and law firms in Albany.

The Governor outlined his vision for the Energy Highway in his 2012 State of the State Address, calling for «a private - sector funded $ 2 billion «Energy Highway» system that will tap into the generation capacity and renewable energy potential in Upstate and Western NY to bring low - cost power to meet the tremendous energy needs in Downstate New York» and for the repowering of old and dirty plants to stop pollution in urban neighborhoods.

Other achievements, according to the Organized Labour include, «payment of 13th Month salary as Christmas bonus to the state workers; elaborate infrastructural developments of both urban and rural areas of the state through unique fiscal management of the state's meager resources; transformation of the education, agriculture and health sectors, other areas of governance which have improved the quality of lives of the people of Enugu State; approval of payment of arrears of salaries of 731 former staff of some state parastatals and also, the regularization of 42 casual staff of the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane Enugu, as permanent staff of the institution», among others.

China became a mostly urban country in 2011, the service sector became the biggest in 2013, and in 2015 Chinese cities will try to reverse negative trends of sprawl and pollution.

In 2010, urban transportation accounted for almost a quarter of all carbon emissions produced across all parts of the transportation sector.

Whether students plan to do research at universities or work in the private sector or public institutions, Mobilities & Urban Studies at Aalborg University offers a leading and international oriented academic education focused on mobilities - one of few in fact.

The study will engage a large diversity of stakeholders within the finance, tourism and urban planning sectors in various ways, especially through explorative market development exercises, employing different co-design approaches.

Magnificent temples and colorful statues share an urban landscape with a bustling economy thanks to the strong presence of the IT sector.

Even though Jordans are often seen throughout the sport, hip hop, street and urban styles it is not uncommon to categorise looks into two sectors of girly and tomboy (check best outfits for tomboy look).

Instead of luscious grassy planes, deserts, and snowy mountains, in Freedom Wars players must tackle a barren network of run - down urban sectors while being constantly surveyed by the omnipresent Panopticon.

A sector densely concentrated in urban areas, where a minority of the voting populace has children in those schools and statewide political reach is limited.

Teach For America, which Mr. Steffensen cites as an example of society's desire for quick private - sector fixes in lieu of politically and fiscally costly systemic reform, is a new national teacher corps that recruits, trains, places, and supports outstanding individuals who commit two years to teach in urban and rural areas suffering from persistent teacher shortages.

The parking and traffic management sector is an under ‑ researched area, and one which covers a vast range of subjects including: the design and construction of car parks, the effect that parking provision has on traffic congestion and the urban landscape, the effective management of kerb space, and the many media and public concerns that managing on and off street parking raises.

What makes Boston's resistance to expanding charter schools so remarkable is that the city's charter sector includes some of the best urban public schools in the country, of any kind.

In addition, as a result of its reputation within the educational consulting sector, the organization has also developed a relationship with the prestigious Broad Prize, which annually awards one million dollars to the top performing urban school districts in the United States.

It has also meant making links between formal and informal sectors, urban and rural livelihoods, coastal and forest livelihoods, private and public interventions, social conflicts, economic thinking, agriculture, fisheries, environment, poverty alleviation, and subjective and objective wellbeing analyses in order to approach things from a humanitarian and educative and inclusive dimension that will be relevant to my immediate contexts which is Africa and the rest of the world.

He imagines an urban school system organized around five pillars: first, that great schools from all sectors are expanded and replicated; second, that persistently failing schools are closed; third, that new schools are continuously started; fourth, that there is a wide variety of schools and entities to authorize and oversee them; and finally, that families have choice between these schools.

Again, if that person is a true sector agnostic and remains above the politics of urban schooling, the system will work, but in the highly likely event that is not so, the entire system would fall apart.

Likewise, the 2015 CREDO report concluded that Detroit's charter sector was one of only four urban charter communities that «provide essential examples of school - level and system - level commitments to quality that can serve as models to other communities.»

His analysis of the problems facing all sectors of urban schools is incisive, smart, and thoughtful and he brings to bear data (especially regarding Catholic schools) that sheds new light on these familiar topics.

D.C.'s charter school sector stands as a shining example of what urban chartering can accomplish for kids in need.

But a decade ago several trends in American education, and in the Catholic Church, made a Catholic - operated public school seem increasingly possible: 1) the traditional, parish - based Catholic school system, especially in the inner cities, was crumbling; 2) equally troubled urban public - school systems were failing to educate most of their students; and 3) a burgeoning charter school movement, born in the early 1990s, was beginning to turn heads among educators in both the private and public sectors.

In states like Colorado, where charters are perceived as public schools serving local students, advocates may find they can build bipartisan support, especially in light of traditional conservative support for charter schools and the sector's continued focus on serving disadvantaged, urban students, which appeals to liberals.

Their summary of the sector's academic outcomes, which draws heavily on a series of studies by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, is likewise relatively uncontroversial: there is a positive achievement effect for poor, nonwhite, urban students, but suburban and rural charters come up short, as do online charters, about which the authors duly report negative findings.

At HGSE, I wanted to be a part of a group of students who had some of those same understandings of the many problems that exist in urban school systems and who also wanted to be leaders in the sector to start fixing those problems.»

Twenty - five years after the first charter law was enacted in Minnesota, the public charter school sector has helped spark significant public education improvements, particularly for urban students and students of color.

It was launched in 2004 as part of a three - sector strategy for urban education reform that also included increased funding for public charter - school facilities and added funds for educational improvements in District of Columbia public schools.

That question — related to the evolution of urban K — 12 systems with district and non-district charter sectors — is being faced by cities from coast to coast.

When Kevin Sweeney left the private sector to join the Foisie Business School in 2012, it didn't take long for him to notice an opportunity to apply WPI's project - based learning model to the socio - economic issues in the region where he used to work: the Pioneer Valley, a mix of urban, rural, and suburban communities in western Massachusetts.

Today, more than 10,500 corps members are teaching in 52 urban and rural regions across the country, while more than 37,000 alumni work across a variety of sectors to ensure that all children have access to an excellent education.