Sentences with phrase «by lack of infrastructure»

However, their development is hindered by lack of infrastructure.

Environmentalists say the problem is compounded by a lack of infrastructure and water shortages.

«The implications tie back to the founding vision that we've had of turning cities into metro stops, changing the meaning of where you live and where you work, unlocking economic opportunity in areas that might be currently locked away by lack of infrastructure or lack of transportation solutions,» Hyperloop One co-founder Shervin Pishevar told the Verge.

Not exact matches

They argued transporting crude by pipeline would be safer than alternatives like rail, and charged Obama with hypocrisy for complaining about the lack of investment in U.S. infrastructure while obstructing an $ 8 billion project.

«The measure will accelerate the arrival of infrastructure and people for mining activities in areas of native forest, reproducing in the region the same lack of governance that permits the advance of deforestation and land grabs (elsewhere) in the Amazon,» Greenpeace said in a report by Reuters.

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Leapfrogging bypasses the lack of existing infrastructure by skipping stages in development, often with the help of smartphones.

In the states examined, the report finds that the lack of additional pipeline infrastructure would cost over 78,000 jobs and $ 7.6 billion in GDP by 2020.

Inadequate flood protection infrastructure, which right now might not contain high tides in El Nino years; Lack of action on annual sediment removal from spring freshets, which each year move over 30 million m3 of sediment and leave about 3 million m3 of silt in the navigation and secondary channels of the lower reaches; and, By the end of this century sea levels at the mouth of the river could potentially rise more than one meter due to climate change overtopping the diking system.

The current lack of «midstream» infrastructure has turned Canada into a supplier held captive by our only customer (America), costing the economy $ 50 million dollars each day.

By: Paige Müller 30th March 2018 Underground rail infrastructure at South African mines is not operating at its full potential, predominantly owing to poor track - system choices and a lack of critical maintenance, says multidisciplinary engineering consultancy firm WSP Africa technical director of rail transport and... →

Porter also said he is frustrated by the lack of progress on energy infrastructure — particularly on the Energy East project, a pipeline proposed by TransCanada Corp. (TSX: TRP) that would ship 1.1 million barrels of Alberta oil per day to refineries in Eastern Canada.

The current lack of «midstream» infrastructure has turned Canada into a supplier held captive by our only customer (the United States), which costs our national economy an estimated $ 50 million dollars each day.

Amidst the devastation caused by this increase in the amount and nature of natural disasters, artificial feeding is even more risky, as an increased lack of clean water and infrastructure make it difficult to ensure the safe preparation of baby food.

But Kolb and his fellow Republicans have been largely disappointed by the ongoing lack of parity they have experienced in the chamber under Heastie, though the minority leader did admit the speaker this year allocated capital infrastructure cash to his GOP conference — something Silver «never did.»

Many - not all - believe aid provided earlier can sometimes prevent larger and longer term damage to a national economy by preventing long term unemployment and loss of job skills and prevent a lack of investment in infrastructure, health, and education.

Part of the problem is that many of the rural areas affected by the storm lack the cell - tower infrastructure and coverage needed to communicate, Glaser said.

The OECD also says that the main issues hampering economic growth in the UK are poor educational attainment at secondary level, lack of public infrastructure and rigid planning laws, rather than regulatory obligations, none of which would be directly improved by leaving the EU.

Biden, whose comparison of LaGuardia to a Third World country is often evoked by Cuomo, repeatedly praised the governor during Tuesday's press conference and bemoaned the lack of funding dedicated to infrastructure in other areas of the country.

This is accomplished by solving technological issues that limit the commercialization of electric vehicles such as price, weight, volume, driving distance, and lack of charging infrastructure.

«According to the computational personality results, a man like that won't be significantly affected by injury to innocent citizens or the destruction of infrastructure because he lacks the ability to empathize.

He began by describing the lack of basic amenities, such as publicly regulated water and sewer infrastructure, in many communities as an environmental justice issue.

The study, supported by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation (NSF), found that most of the coastal communities do not have an overarching strategy for building urban disaster resilience and lack coordination between multiple urban systems, including land use activities, natural environments and public infrastructure investments, particularly in Texas.

By early 2000s, when the concept of university - led innovation centres took off, the «translational research infrastructure» on a national level was still lacking.

Regardless of the reform strategy — whether new standards, or accountability, or small schools, or parental choice, or teacher effectiveness — there is an underlying weakness in the U.S. education system which has hampered every effort up to now: most consequential decisions are made by district and state leaders, yet these leaders lack the infrastructure to learn quickly what's working and what's not.

From under - skilled infrastructure projects to falling business productivity caused by a lack of analytical and data - literate staff, the knock - on effects to the UK could be severe.

Education Superhighway, a nonprofit advocacy group backed by tech entrepreneurs, estimates that 72 percent of America's schools lack sufficient Internet infrastructure for digital learning.

However, both CELS and the NFER / University of York study show that while schools» capacity to facilitate student participation is developing, some lack the necessary infrastructure to effectively identify and engage with volunteering opportunities provided by external organisations.

Commissioned by the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), the research found that teachers» practical knowledge of teaching young people with disabilities needed to be more relevant to their working environment, especially in areas with poor infrastructure, a lack of teaching materials or large class sizes.

From Quicksand to Solid Ground, a 2015 report on the infrastructure required to support quality teaching by Jal Mehta and others at the Transforming Teaching Project at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, notes, «Teachers tell us that there is something awry... Many teachers bemoan the flat structure of the profession and the lack of opportunities to help their colleagues without losing touch with the classroom.»

Tesla Model S comes out on top despite fires, lack of charging infrastructure, limited range Photo by Tesla

Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist Garrett takes on public health: the desperate inadequacy of public - health infrastructure in much of the developing world and the shocking neglect of that infrastructure in «developed» nations, from the relatively simple inadequacies revealed by the 1994 Ebola epidemic in Zaire to a nuanced analysis of the issues involved in the near - total collapse of public health in the former USSR and the years - long underfunding and lack of respect for this key government responsibility in the U.S.

Further, these relationships with third party imprints compensate for the lack of publishing infrastructure within most agencies, as well as the digital education gap and the backend support, as conversion, design, upload, distribution across platforms, updates, marketing, and data and royalty accounting — all are handled by the imprint.

With regard to the high interest rates; Kiva has justified this by explaining that the lack of infrastructure in some developing world makes interest rates higher.

All four of these topics were real examples talked about by people who had the first - hand experience of being there, and it was fascinating to hear about all the things you had to think about when coordinating disaster relief... Like how the lack of infrastructure proved to be a harder problem to overcome than developing a heat - stable rinderpest vaccine.

The Embassy reported that alternate routes to Panajachel by road or boat involve unnecessary risk because of «banditry, lack of infrastructure and cell phone coverage, and hazard prone stretches.»

And by an increasing number of Belizeans fleeing the crime, congestion rickety infrastructure and lack of land for housing in the old capital Belize City.

I think partly because there's a lack of infrastructure in Africa so most of these artists didn't necessarily go to art school, although by now they've all been in a learning environment of some sort like residencies or exchanges.

Other threats to forest protection from infrastructure and mining projects are marked by secretive decision - making and a lack of consultation with affected communities.

But in most of the UK and North America, cycling is a lot more dangerous than it should be, not only because of a lack of cycling infrastructure, but a conscious effort by the motoring world to get bikes off the roads, and to create a culture of «normalization»:

That infrastructure's ability to meet 21st - century needs is compromised by its near - invisibility to the general public... the lack of a national strategic plan for developing and sustaining the infrastructure and putting it to work for societal benefit... and the limitations of the public - private partnership that has been cobbled together over decades to keep it going.

U.S. output (and use for electricity generation) has been increasing rapidly, bringing down CO2 emissions, whereas Chinese exploitation and output have been constrained by available infrastructure (that is, lack of pipelines, but that will change).

Millions of people in India died in the monsoon failures of the late 19th century, and relief efforts in earlier such famines were hampered by the lack of transportation infrastructure.

Hardly anyone here wears one, and the number of deaths amongst cyclists because of accidents is very small, proving that the promotion of helmets is a ruse by politicians who lack the will to invest money in decent cycle - infrastructure.

Yet it's also a problem that's not being helped by the general intransigence and lack of transparency from the social media companies that control the infrastructure being used to spread disinformation.

Tesla quieted the skeptics who lamented the lack of an infrastructure to charge electric cars by building the first of over 200 Supercharger stations.

Despite the lack of a governing third party, blockchains are secure because the infrastructure and incentives built into the network make it virtually impossible to alter transactions after they are confirmed by the network.

Uganda About Blog Global Emergency Care (GEC) is a nonprofit organization founded and run by U.S. board certified emergency physicians dedicated to address the lack of acute emergency care infrastructure.

Lack of infrastructure funding by the federal government has resulted in higher development charges by developers, which are passed on to homebuyers through higher home prices in cities like Milton, Rizvee says.

The U.S. House of Representatives has not succeeded in bringing a long - term authorization to the floor because of a lack of support for the version approved by the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.