Sentences with phrase «as lower population density»

In California, both NME and pertussis clusters were associated with factors characteristic of high socioeconomic status such as lower population density; lower average family size; lower percentage of racial or ethnic minorities; higher percentage of high school, college, or graduate school graduates; higher median household income; and lower percentage of families in poverty.

According to David Marlett, Appalachian State University's insurance expert, and Powell, North Carolina drivers enjoy low priced auto insurance premiums because of multiple reasons such as low population density, good roads and traffic law enforcement.

However, according to reports from Top50States.com, counterbalancing factors affecting Utah auto insurance premiums include Utah's relatively low rate of uninsured vehicles (only about eight percent), as well as a low population density, low neighborhood crime rates and a low percentage of DUI traffic fatalities.

Not exact matches

«As has been clear for several years now, the cities that do best in this ranking are mid-sized conurbations in countries with low population densities.

for Transport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarine Airport.

The five cities we identified as the most affordable location all have something in common: lower population density as well as lower average travel time to work in comparison with the most expensive cities.

«Given the likelihood that the California sea lion population is approaching carrying capacity, density - dependent effects such as food limitation (and stranding) of pups may be a long - term consequence of a rebuilt sea lion population during periods of low abundance of high - quality forage,» the scientists wrote.

For this reason, this type of rainwater harvesting system is particularly recommendable in districts with high population densities, such as (in Barcelona) Sants, Verdun, Sagrada Família, Sant Antoni or el Guinardó, whose consumption of resources per m3 is up to 40 % lower than that of districts like Pedralbes, Sarrià, la Clota, el Bon Pastor, Vall d'Hebron or Vallvidrera.

Professor Eric Fèvre, Chair of Veterinary Infectious Diseases at the University's Institute of Infection and Global Health said: «Although Laikipia County camel density is low relative to more northern regions of Kenya, our study suggests the population is sufficient to maintain high rates of viral transmission and that camels may be constantly re-infected and serve as long term carriers of the virus.

Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, however, have devastating consequences when they hit land due to a combination of factors such as a low - lying and flat coastal terrain, a shallow ocean floor, and a high population density of surrounding countries.

The effect appeared to hold even after researchers accounted for risk factors such as greater gun ownership and lower population density.

Because they were analyzing data at the state level, not detailed data on each individual, they also had to take into consideration other factors that could explain high or low scores such as population density and parental education.

This isolated wedge of backcountry — almost as big as New Jersey, yet traversed by a single paved highway — is known as the Arizona Strip, and it has one of the lowest population densities in the forty - eight conterminous states.

[20] Due to having slow locomotion and an insignificant response to bright lights and humans, as well as having a low population density, field studies allow scientists to study entire populations in the wild.

The use of poison baits can reduce cat density, but even low levels of cat predation can exterminate threatened mammal populations, such as when cats killed at least seven bilbies reintroduced outside the Arid Recovery reserve in South Australia.

The country of Belize, formerly known as the British Honduras, is the northernmost nation of Central America and has the lowest population density.

Ideal for gastronomy -, but also for road trip lovers, as the region covers over 27,000 m2 (almost 30 % of the country) and has an extremely low population density, which makes driving around the region a real pleasure.

Belize has one of the lowest population densities in Central America, and around 25 % of it is protected as parks and reserves.

In a recent study on Low and Medium Density Development, Landscape Architects Wes Michaels and Ebru Ozer found that, «Mid-sized resorts offer more opportunities to balance the demands of resort tourism with the environment and the cultural needs of the local population... The environmental savings are also beneficial for the economic vitality of the individual resorts as well as the long term sustainability of the entire region in relationship to tourism.»

Belize is a country with a low population density, home to dazzling natural landscapes such as beaches, islands, jungles, rainforests, and mountains.

For instance, if you compare neighboring thermometers around the world, and also compare their population densities (as a rough indication of UHI influence), it can be easily demonstrated that substantial average UHI warming occurs even at low population densities, about ~ 1 deg.

The fastest warming areas (across Canada and Russia) have a low population density, so maybe that means UHI fails the first test as far as its global influence goes.

Wood is best used as a fuel outside cities, in small towns and rural areas, where the cost of firewood and population density are lower.

Low population densities are often cited as the reason why high - speed rail would never work in the United States.

As for Julian Simon's understanding of science, in «The Ultimate Resource II» he looked at the incidence of malaria in Sri Lanka and noticed that the areas with high population densities had little malaria and the low population areas had lots of malaria and he concluded that high population prevents malaria.

As it turned out, 18 of the 20 cities with the states lowest average rates had population densities below 5,000 people per square mile.

Alaska's low car insurance rates are probably the result of Alaska's low crime rates, as well as a very low population density, which results in far fewer auto accidents.