Sentences with phrase «area of effect traps»

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Lord Hope's argument that kettling can ne justifiable when its a proportionate measure to contain disorder and prevent injury to people or property is inherently problematic - in a way that his opinion doesn't face up to - if kettling has the effect of provoking disorder and rendering some people - perhaps very vulnerable people - more exposed to the risk of injury because the police are trapping them in a high - risk area.

The research, published yesterday in Nature Climate Change, outlines a counterintuitive side effect of climate change: As higher temperatures drive plants and trees into areas now inhospitable to them, their new distribution speeds up temperature rise via natural processes such as releases of heat - trapping water vapor into the air.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

Back in late 2009, in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Los Angeles — area bird advocacy groups against City of Los Angeles Animal Services (LAAS), a Los Angeles Superior Court judge found in favor of the bird groups that LAAS programs in support of trap / neuter / return (TNR) as a community cat management strategy was in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the agency had not conducted an environmental impact study regarding the effects on the environment of sterilizing free - roaming community cats.

I have a story up on the Chinese earthquake that I started reporting, in effect, in October 2005, when 17,000 students, trapped in more than 7,000 crumpled schools, were among the 70,000 - plus victims of the extraordinary Kashmir - area earthquake in Pakistan.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303