Sentences with phrase «better transport infrastructure»

That being said, Edinburgh has a good transport infrastructure with a multitude of buses, trains and taxis servicing the city centre and a new tram line planned for completion in 2014.

Bali, as a tropical paradise island with easy access and a good transport infrastructure and services has an edge over the densely populated areas.

London offers a business - friendly environment, good transport infrastructure and a deregulated economy with little intervention by the government, all of which provide a great foundation for corporations and executive job seekers looking to headquarter there.

Not exact matches

«Among the characteristics needed to join the elite group are stable macroeconomic policies,» says Kate Phylaktis, director of the Emerging Markets Group at Cass Business School, City University of London, adding «prudent fiscal policy, low inflation and a stable currency, political stability, good - quality institutions, good infrastructure (especially transport) and above all, education.»

However, in the case of coal, major increases in export capacity will require better coordination between producers, infrastructure operators and governments, especially in respect of the financing and pricing of new transport infrastructure.

Expansion of export supply capacity for bulk resources requires coordinated investment in transport infrastructure as well as mine capacity.

The need for an Australian transport market capable of better informing supply and demand has been well articulated by the Productivity Commission, the Harper Review, the Henry Tax Review, and Infrastructure Australia.

Here at home, the federal government's infrastructure investment plans should focus specifically on diversifying Canada's exports - aside from resource development and transport, investment in telecommunications, clean energy, and bio-tech infrastructure would be well worth the effort.

This may be due to problems in harvesting, storage, packing, transport, infrastructure or market / price mechanisms, as well as institutional and legal frameworks.

Benefits for approximately 1.5 million small - scale farmers and workers around the world include: • A fair price on products • Improved access to low - or no - interest loans • Technical assistance for building infrastructure • Communications systems • Collectively - owned transport & processing equipment • Better health care & education • Training & skill diversification

Food charities in the past have reported that efforts to redistribute surplus food have been held back due to a number of obstacles, such as the lack of infrastructure and storage facilities like refrigeration units required to safely transport and store meat and dairy, or confusing «best before» dates on food packaging that lead retailers to throw out food when it is still safely edible instead of marking it for redistribution.

CIHT members plan, design, build, operate and maintain best - in - class transport systems and infrastructure, whilst respecting the imperatives of improving safety, ensuring economic competitiveness and minimising environmental impact.

CIHT members plan, design, build, operate and maintain best - in - class transport systems and infrastructure.

CIHT members design, build, operate and maintain best - in - class transport systems and infrastructure, whilst respecting the imperatives of improving safety, ensuring economic competitiveness and minimising environmental impact.

The strategy outlines the vital role that transport infrastructure plays in stimulating the local as well as national economy.

Fiddling with the fringes of the issue, with fairly miserly funding of R&D and transport, fails to address the fundamental underlying causes: the recent relative atrophy of infrastructure spending and capital investment and a relentless focus since 2010 purely on the number of jobs, rather than quality, skilled, well - paid jobs.

The council is developing the project alongside Transport for Greater Manchester, whose head of projects Alex Cropper said: «The bridge is a significant piece of infrastructure which will improve traffic flow and journeys in general in the local area, as well as access for buses to the bus station and to the new interchange.»

... the planning system for infrastructure that should allow better transport, cleaner energy, and modern telecommunications to deliver their potential.

As well as the need for a debate around road user charging, he remarked that a national infrastructure plan must reflect the emerging new city and regional governance arrangements such as sub national transport bodies.

He will accuse the Conservative government of undermining the potential of UK industries by cutting scientific research spending as well as planning to reduce investment in infrastructure like housing and transport.

PFI financing of public infrastructure is now in use across the NHS, as well as the Departments for Education, Local Government, Defence, Transport, and Justice.

We will see big changes if we can move towards a society that values health, where everything, from healthcare systems to architecture, education and transport infrastructure are focused on maintaining and promoting good health.»

«It can be used in existing engines and transported in existing pipelines,» whereas some current biofuels, such as ethanol, do not fit as well into today's commercial fuel infrastructure, he said.

to consider should be the following: 1) the achievement of full employment or reduction in the unemployment rate; 2) increase the income distribution measured by the Gini index; 3) reduction of the levels of crime in society; 4) increase in service levels of education, health, housing and transport to the population; 5) increase of the investment in infrastructure, education, health, housing and sanitation; 6) increase in the HDI - Human Development Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73 variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in website

Aside from the obvious, well - documented things — abundant space, a spirit of tolerance, a relatively low population, an excellent cycling network and public transport links, easy access to a countryside dominated by forests and lakes, a largely independent / DIY infrastructure — there are more complex and nuanced attractions.

When it comes to commuting and two - wheeled urban transport, the Dutch know a thing or two about making city bikes (and about making good city bike infrastructure), and from Royal Dutch Gazelle, which has been making quality city bikes since 1892, comes a new e-bike entry in the daily rider category.

Governmental policies of export and import restrictions, hoarding, subsidies, panic buying, and infrastructure standards of food storage and transport, as well as investor speculation, currency valuations, individual national inflation rates, weather and climate change, the evolving monoculture genetics, rising input costs, and global macro economic health all impact food security.

The industry can be retooled to produce wind turbines and other equipment for renewable energy production, as well as trams, trains and other vehicles and infrastructure for a sustainable transport system.

The event was held on 10 - 12 May 2016 in Geneva and focused on SDG 14 as well as on other Sustainable Development Goals and targets and considered, inter alia, a range of interconnected issues related to sustainable transport, ship - source pollution prevention and control and climate change adaptation for ports and other critical transport infrastructure.

Countries that have well - developed urban transit systems and a mature bicycle infrastructure are much better positioned to withstand the stresses of a downturn in world oil production than are countries whose only transport option is the car.

The energy requirements of urban transport are strongly influenced by the density and spatial structure of the built environment, as well as by the location, extent and nature of the transport infrastructure.

At the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) annual conference this week, one discussion honed in on the challenges to infrastructure approval and construction — as well as government's best role in developing projects that are key to U.S. energy transport and overall energy security.

The restrictions only apply to coal plants, so export credit agencies are free to finance as many projects that relate to the mining, transport and export of coal, as well as other related infrastructure projects.

As the share of renewables grows we will need investment in infrastructure as well as a comprehensive set of tools: integrated and interconnected transmission and distribution networks, measures to balance supply and demand, sector coupling (for example the integration of power and transport networks); and deployment of a wide range of enabling technologies.»

Instead, New York is beginning to understand that by distributing resources more equally among different transport modes, and by designing dedicated, well - thought out infrastructure for everyone, you can free up the arteries of the city to flow more freely; you can create pleasant spaces for people to spend time in, and you can boost business as a result too.

Installing that, and the rest of the system, would though involve a lot of new infrastructure, but he claims that «strategic siting the gasifiers would combine locations with good transport access for coal and biomass (dock - sides, railheads, collieries), together with hydrogen pipeline routes to CHP schemes, and CO2 pipelines to geological storage sites under the North Sea or Liverpool Bay».

We regularly act for clients in investment protection arbitration, joint venture and M&A disputes as well as commercial dispute arbitrations in the energy, construction, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, aerospace & defence, banking & finance, insurance & reinsurance, shipping & transport and telecommunications sectors.

We also have deep experience in heavily regulated industries such as gaming, communications, technology and media, as well as the chemicals and pharmaceuticals, automotive, and transport and infrastructure sectors.

The whole team is proud to be working on many exciting projects across housing, infrastructure, energy, waste, transport and health, and will continue to focus on delivering the best advice to our clients, whether contracting authorities or private sector partners.»

The consultation document starts off well, in my view, with this statement: «Our legal system is a form of infrastructure which is as indispensible to economic growth as transport or energy networks.»

Dr Gommlich heads the passenger, transport and purchasing department, establishing himself as a well - recognised lawyer across the country, able to handle a plethora of in - depth matters related to railway infrastructure projects.

Access and Equity: Indigenous people living in well maintained, safe and healthy communities; additional housing for Indigenous people, with priority given to communities and homelands in greater need; Indigenous people, as individual citizens, benefiting from high quality essential services, housing, and municipal services; Indigenous people benefiting from preventative and diversionary programs that will lead to safer and confident communities; Indigenous people benefiting from efficient use of existing vehicles, transport infrastructure and schemes.

Australian cities which provide the most efficient transport and social infrastructure will place themselves in the best positon to maintain liveability.