Sentences with phrase «changing populations of their cities»

Simple digital medical records and well - designed apps could allow medical systems to quickly respond to the changing populations of their cities.

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So while the impact on Climate Change of the electric car may not be all its visionaries claim, the alternative of a world powered by coal and oil is — particularly for the populations of China's and India's cities — unthinkable.

Part of the change is shaped by Tacoma's growing population in the region, and a desire by Simon to maintain the mall's relevance, the documents submitted to the city say.

(1) employment growth, sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Economic Summaries in August 2016, with the percentage representing the employment change from June 2015 to June 2016 in each city; (2) population growth, based on and sourced from the 2014 and 2015 Census, with the percentage representing the change in population from 2014 to 2015; (3) increase in home values, based on Zillow Home Value, with the percentage representing the change in median home values for single - family homes from June 2015 to June 2016, sourced August 2016; (4) years to pay off property, which was based using the median home value for July 2016 and the median rent for a single - family residence for July 2016, both sourced from Zillow; median rent was multiplied by 12 to obtain yearly rent and then home value was divided by yearly rent to determine how many years it would take for the home to be paid off from rental income using current home values and rent prices for each city.

Since the 1950s, millions of peasants have left their villages because of guerrilla and military violence or to seek a better life in the cities, changing the balance of Latin America's population from rural to urban.

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

Given that American society is one of the most urbanized in the world — 82 percent of Americans live in cities or in the suburbs (a number on the rise)-- the slump in urban population support should be a wake - up call for the GOP to immediately change direction.

The language of the so - called «Big Ugly,» the 72 - page bill with all the legislative changes from this session, allows for 50 slots from the overall cap to be «granted to a charter for a school to be located in a city having a population of one million or more.»

Barring a change in trends, this will be the city's seventh consecutive decade of population loss; it will have less than twice Amherst's population by 2018.

The commission is in charge of redrawing the city's legislative districts to account for population change registered every 10 years in the U.S. census.

The paper states: «Even though the ambient air in the city of Jena is comparably clean, the significant association between rapid changes in nitrogen oxides and onset of myocardial infarction (MI) suggests that the current EU statutory limits do not sufficiently protect against effects relating to the cardiovascular health of the population.

Mozambique is among the African countries most vulnerable to climate change, with over 1,550 miles of coastline, more than half of its population living along the ocean, and cities that function as the nation's economic hubs.

The population of cities in the studied region grew annually, on average, at 2.8 %, in contrast to the rates of change for urban land average, which grew 2.0 % annually.

Hammer, who came to the United States from Guatemala as a child, «has studied how the cities and regions most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and sea - level rise also have large Hispanic populations — something she learned firsthand growing up in South Florida,» according to a White House statement.

Studying the severe drought in São Paulo, the largest city in South America with a population of about 20 million, a team led by Friederike Otto found that human - induced climate change was not a major influence.

'' As the credits rolled, I had not accomplished much of anything for the population of this dystopian city - state, but I'd helped out a few pals and made some changes of my own.

There are cheaper ways to take time off — paid volunteer programs like Americorps and City Year are often described as «funded» gap years — but Pendoley believes that «unless there is a major change in how we fund undergraduate education,» gappers will never account for more than 3 to 4 percent of the college - bound population.

Claire has developed innovative programs and practices for diverse populations of new learners of English in various New York City public schools and as Executive Director of Internationals Network, works to create appropriate educational opportunities for new and changing immigrant populations.

Although English life was beginning to change with the gradual development of cities, the economy was still mostly agrarian in the 1200s, with 90 % of the population (estimated to be around four million people in 1300 AD) making their living off the land, either as farmers (growing wheat for personal use or other grain crops to feed livestock) or herders (mostly sheep and goats).

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In particular, the book will help the reader to discover underlying principles for the planning of future cities and peri-urban regions in relation to: (i) Balanced urban development policies and institutions for future cities; (ii) Understanding the effects of land use change, population increase, and water demand on the liveability of cities; (iii) Long - term pl...

With 215,000 people and a population change of 15 % since the turn of the century, San Bernardino is a growing city.

Also of interest, the makeup of the city council was changed by a federal judge, under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, because the council did not represent the large minority population.

According to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, just twenty - nine percent of the adult population of this town were smokers in 2001, but that doesn't change the fact that RJR is a large part of the city's history and economy.

On Monday night, Roeland Park, KS, a first ring suburb of Kansas City, MO with a population of 6800 people, passed dramatic changes to its animal control laws.

The NYC code changes also established «in the joint custody of the city comptroller and commissioner of finance» a city «animal population control fund» consisting of «all moneys collected from the animal population control program», [the license surcharge of at least $ 3.00 for unaltered dogs]... and all other moneys credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.

Whenever a population of birds, insects, rodents etc... becomes endangered, city officials always choose to make the feral cats the scapegoat, in spite of the fact that it is usually human encroachment, various predatory species other than cats, hunters, climate change, disease or various other non - cat related causes that are to blame.

'' As the credits rolled, I had not accomplished much of anything for the population of this dystopian city - state, but I'd helped out a few pals and made some changes of my own.

Cities, and San Francisco is exhibit A, claim they are forced to attract businesses with tax breaks and other incentives in order to sustain the metropolis, and, likewise, are forced to cater to the needs of the changing population that accompanies these businesses, even if such decisions make the city too expensive for many existing residents.

Urban development, population explosion, environmental changes, socio - economic gaps, and the rising middle class in metropolitan centers in Africa redefine the structure of the city as it continuously evolves.

These objects carry the history of the place, of a city that has been through endless changes of populations, ideologies, and levels of prosperity and in the last few years some very extreme changes.

Flood exposure is increasing in coastal cities owing to growing populations and assets, the changing climate, and subsidence Here we provide a quantification of present and future flood losses in the 136 largest coastal cities.

The multiple rivers that carry torrential tropical / sub-tropic rains to the coast will be immediately affected in the river mouths and that will get worse and WILL fundamentally CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF 2,300 kilometres OF Coastline, m river systems and farming land and cities and towns and villages and MINING OPERATIONS like open cut coal mines etc inland before one gets to the great dividing range which BTW supports a population of approximately 1 million people and contributes possibly 25 % or more of QLD GDP and it's massive Exports to the world including FOOD SUPPLOF 2,300 kilometres OF Coastline, m river systems and farming land and cities and towns and villages and MINING OPERATIONS like open cut coal mines etc inland before one gets to the great dividing range which BTW supports a population of approximately 1 million people and contributes possibly 25 % or more of QLD GDP and it's massive Exports to the world including FOOD SUPPLOF Coastline, m river systems and farming land and cities and towns and villages and MINING OPERATIONS like open cut coal mines etc inland before one gets to the great dividing range which BTW supports a population of approximately 1 million people and contributes possibly 25 % or more of QLD GDP and it's massive Exports to the world including FOOD SUPPLof approximately 1 million people and contributes possibly 25 % or more of QLD GDP and it's massive Exports to the world including FOOD SUPPLof QLD GDP and it's massive Exports to the world including FOOD SUPPLY.

Most of the region's population lives in cities, which are particularly vulnerable to climate change related flooding and life - threatening heat waves because of aging infrastructure and other factors.

This technical document presents the case for the need to better understand risks related to natural hazards and climate change in cities, proposes an integrated approach to practitioners for identifying areas, populations and assets most at risk from the effects of disasters and climate change, and provides preliminary suggestions for risk reduction through quantification of risk and implementation of preventative programs.

This new LRT is changing the face of public transport in a city where almost 60 % of the population walks to their destination.

And «To adapt to climate change, the city needs to improve its emergency response system, upgrade its sewer and drainage systems and ensure that vulnerable populations are properly planned for, said Deborah Harford, a panel speaker and executive director of the SFU Climate Change Team.&change, the city needs to improve its emergency response system, upgrade its sewer and drainage systems and ensure that vulnerable populations are properly planned for, said Deborah Harford, a panel speaker and executive director of the SFU Climate Change Team.&Change Team.»

The index ranked the vulnerability of the world's countries, and the 50 cities deemed most economically important, to the impacts of climate change, by evaluating their risk of exposure to extreme climate events, the sensitivity of their populations to that exposure and the adaptive capacity of governments to respond to the challenge.

Its climate change adaptation plan proposes more public education on heat waves and their effects, and mapping «hot spots» in the city of populations most vulnerable to these illnesses.

Washington, D.C. — A survey of North American cities by the ACEEE and the Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA) finds that confronting the challenges of extreme weather, adapting to a changing climate, and improving the health and resiliency of urban populations are driving cities to develop and implement strategies to reduce excess urbancities by the ACEEE and the Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA) finds that confronting the challenges of extreme weather, adapting to a changing climate, and improving the health and resiliency of urban populations are driving cities to develop and implement strategies to reduce excess urbanCities Alliance (GCCA) finds that confronting the challenges of extreme weather, adapting to a changing climate, and improving the health and resiliency of urban populations are driving cities to develop and implement strategies to reduce excess urbancities to develop and implement strategies to reduce excess urban heat.

This technical document highlights the importance of water management, as growing populations, expanding cities and unsustainable natural resource management are increasing water stress on rural communities, while climate change and shocks are exacerbating flooding, landslides and saltwater intrusion into freshwater systems.

This guidance document presents that climate change adds to the urgency of sustainable urban planning and management and to the a broad set of challenges for many city governments revolving around providing jobs, services and housing to growing urban populations.

With Singapore's population set to grow along with demand for energy and resources, the city faces the challenge of balancing growth with sustainability amid a growing backdrop of worsening climate change.

According to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, just twenty - nine percent of the adult population of this town were smokers in 2001, but that doesn't change the fact that RJR is a large part of the city's history and economy.

With 215,000 people and a population change of 15 % since the turn of the century, San Bernardino is a growing city.

Also of interest, the makeup of the city council was changed by a federal judge, under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, because the council did not represent the large minority population.

With a population of 9 million people, Chennai is a vibrant city ever growing, expanding, and changing every year.

A rising African — American middle class rapidly changed the population mix of the city after this point and, in the 21st century, the city has developed a strong Hispanic as well as African - American population.

Volunteerism Stand Up For Kids (New York, NY) 02/2008 — 3/2011 Co-Executive Director • Reestablished an all - volunteer organization focused on assisting and advocating for homeless youth in New York City • Coached over 25 volunteers in the mission of SUFK and techniques to effectively work with the homeless population • Coordinated Thanksgiving dinner that served over 30 homeless youth in Midtown Manhattan • Drove successful partnerships with corporate sponsors to acquire donations and publicity to expand reach of the mission • Lobbied successfully for changes in administration of Regent's testing for students in shelters and / or unstable situations • Participated in national advertising campaign with Stand Up For Kids» partnership with Jedidiah Clothing Company

One of his most remembered contributions to the growing city was his proposal to change the name from Franklin to El Paso.1 The population was at around roughly 10,000 in 1890 after several large railroad companies moved into town.