Sentences with phrase «with urban density»

Well yes of course, but surely you will acknowledge that a carbon footprint (by living close to work and amenities) is smaller (per person) with urban density.

Not exact matches

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.

With new «density» targets favouring multi-family housing, designated urban growth areas and tougher environmental rules, the 2006 plan sought to check urban sprawl while supporting the area's further growth as North America's major economic hub.

National planning policies coupled with government housing targets drive Local Planning Authorities to steadily increase the housing density within the currently designated urban areas.

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.

But as it turns out, many people actually like the density of urban environments, precisely because they offer diversity: Peruvian / Japanese fusion restaurants, live performances by Scandinavian doo - wop bands, a thousand quirky bars and cafés teeming with potential friends and crushes.

Since they are under significant settlement pressure, urban centres and conurbations enforce stricter planning measures than small and peripheral municipalities, for example, limiting low - density areas (estates with detached houses) or coordinating zoning with public transport provision.

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.

Joining me was Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser, author of two pieces, who spoke about how, done right, with an emphasis on education, the greater density of humanity afforded by urban living can help us innovate our way out of the problems facing us today.

«With improved energy density and inherent fire safety, flow batteries could provide long - duration energy storage for the tight confines of urban settings, where space is at a premium,» said Imre Gyuk, energy storage program manager at the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, which funded this research.

«The assumption from past research has been that cities of all sizes will eventually decline in density, with greater amounts of urban expansion than population growth.

«The denser the urban area, the better the benefit,» Kalkstein said, pointing out that a city like New York with roughly 27,000 people per square mile could save many more lives with vegetation and albedo enhancement than Los Angeles with its 7,500 - people - per - square - mile population density.

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.

* Soil Bacterial Diversity Is Associated with Human Population Density in Urban Greenspaces — Haitao Wang — Environmental Science and Technology

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.

The development of the Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area precinct will include both a major residential and business area with a proposed density of 32 000 people / square kilometres (equivalent to Manhattan's population density).

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.

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.

For a city with an outdoorsy vibe, Denver offers an urban density that allows residents to do without cars.

Cat population densities vary between 1 - 2000 per km ², with densities above 50 cats per km ² only found in urban areas.

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.

Many cities are looking at urban density and considering how to deal with the rapid projected growth.

In 1959, Mallary took a teaching position at Pratt and moved to New York, where he would combine the brooding weight and density of the New Mexico abstractions with ephemeral urban detritus, creating works that established him among the core artists exploring junk art, such as John Chamberlain, Richard Stankiewicz, Claes Oldenburg and Lee Bontecou.

In 1959 Mallary took a teaching position at Pratt and moved to New York, where he would combine the brooding weight and density of the New Mexico abstractions with ephemeral urban detritus.

Through a series of conversations with the city's leading artists and intellectuals, Maltzan explores such issues as real - estate speculation and future urban development, infrastructure, resources, site density, urban experience, political structure, commerce and community, attempting to transform our understanding of how each affects present - day Los Angeles.

Hong Kong provides with a new urban background for his research as the territory epitomizes many of the issues addressed in Dan Perjovschi's drawings, including the ideas and deconstruction of capitalism, consumption and hyper - density.

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.

One that wasn't paywalled, The Influence of Urban Form on GHG Emissions in the U.S. Household Sector, showed that «doubling population - weighted density is associated with a reduction in CO2 emissions from household travel and residential energy consumption by 48 % and 35 %, respectively.»

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.

As our urban density increases, with soaring apartments and office blocks, sunlight is again being banished from our cities.

A very simple initial model could use for example time of year, latitude, altitude and urban density, with simple factors being applied to each, eg.

• 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);»

3) While there seems to be some residual Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in the U.S. Midwest, and even some spurious cooling with population density in the Southwest, for all of the 1,200 USHCN stations together there is little correlation between station temperature trends and population density.

Jay Austin designed The Matchbox with help from Tony Gilchriest and Urban Density Lab's Matt Battin.

The other aspect most commonly associated with urban locations is density.

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 - premium states tend to also be highly urban, with higher traffic density.

It also notes that high - premium states tend to also be highly urban, with higher wage and price levels, and greater traffic density.

«Airbnb seems to have the largest presence in higher - density urban markets, with impact seen mostly around major events or high - occupancy nights.»

A panoramic ocean view is great for the rich and famous, but Pat Mistretta, a sales associate with Atlanta - based Morris & Raper InTown Inc., REALTORS ®, says proximity to transportation corridors, urban centers, and local attractions draw land - loving young professionals to high - density loft - style condominiums.

The fund, with $ 1 billion in equity and total capitalization of approximately $ 4 billion, will focus on the development, redevelopment and repositioning of properties in urban and high - density suburban areas nationwide.

The developers, along with housing and transportation advocates, argued that parking requirements force monthly rents higher and hurt urban density goals.