Sentences with phrase «by urban decline»

The colors have been diluted and the contours frayed, whether by urban decline or just softening memory.

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In sharp contrast, a previous study by Greenfield analyzing American books found that the use of the words «obliged» and «give» declined substantially from 1800 to 2000 as U.S. society shifted from being predominantly rural to predominantly urban.

Between 2002 and 2008 per capita urban water use — already low compared with the western U.S. — declined by 37 percent.

Featuring plenty of eye catching tourist attractions surrounded by the urban sprawl of a community on the decline, Dafoe spends his days desperately trying to keep his business as the manager of a rundown motel above water.

We draw on a new Urban Institute report to show, first, how to make more responsible comparisons across states and, second, that the declines in NAEP scores from 2013 to 2015 are unlikely to be explained by shifts in student demographics.

Indeed, by removing some of the most talented students and involved parents from P.S. 121, the busing program contributed to the school's severe decline in quality in the ensuing years — a pattern repeated in many urban schools with low - income, minority student populations.

And while this has helped stem the tide of decline — as well as reinvigorate the church's missionary zeal (the famous line from Cardinal Hickey of Washington, quoted by Kathleen, «we don't education [urban] students because THEY are Catholic, but because WE are»)-- it has also dampened the Church's once - powerful religious belief system.

Unlike many urban districts which have struggled with major declines in student enrollment, Wichita's student population increased by nearly 1,100 students since 2009 (up to 51,133 in 2015).

Back in August, Urban Milwaukee did a story documenting the growing teacher shortage in Wisconsin, which found many school districts were having trouble attracting teacher applicants and many universities were seeing a decline in education majors, led by UW - Milwaukee, with a 23 percent decline.

And as for declining enrollment in private schools, private school consumption is decreasing, particularly in urban areas where children are being ruined by failing schools, because of economics, not school quality.

Amongst the bad news is the spread of invasive species, chemical pollution, global warming, species decline, over-logging and urban sprawl (for example in 15 years Pennsylvania has increased its «urban footprint» by 47 % while its population has increased by only 2.5 %).

Section 223 (e) helps to meet the need for adequate housing for moderate and low income families by insuring lenders against the risk of default on mortgage loans to finance the rehabilitation, purchase, or construction of housing in declining, older, but still viable urban areas where requirements for other mortgage insurance can't be met.

Mortgage insurance provided by Section 223 (e) helps potential borrowers finance a project or home that may be otherwise difficult to finance because it is located in an declining urban area that is older.

The gist of their findings was that cats were occupying habitat left by a declining population of street dogs, at the rate of about three cats moving in to replace each dog who could no longer make a living after refuse was mostly buried or burned, sewers were enclosed, and automobiles replaced animal - powered transport, resulting in an urban environment much less congenial to dogs.

Urban to non-urban differences are also typically largest during the evening, decline slightly by the time of minimum temperature in the early morning and are much smaller during the day (Figure 11).

Thanks to stepped - up law enforcement in urban areas and more care being taken by Arkansas residents to protect their automobiles, auto theft is currently experience a steep decline.

Urban flight has, in fact, been a phenomenon experienced by all major traditional downtowns across South Africa, notes CCID chairperson Rob Kane: «And several of them are still struggling to right themselves in the rise of alternative «downtowns» some distance away — such as Sandton City in Johannesburg, or the rise of Umhlanga as Durban's own CBD declined.