Sentences with phrase «cities changed by»

If those changes seem modest, consider that the national average change for these years was a meager 0.52 % — meaning that scores in these outlier cities changed by five or more times the rate of the country as a whole.

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Throw into the mix the proximity of so many major cities to the coast and it's no surprise that climate change - related flooding is estimated to cost the world's 136 largest coastal cities US$ 52billion per year by 2050.

After being contacted by ProPublica and the Times, other employers, including Amazon, Northwestern Mutual and the New York City Department of Education, said they had changed or were changing their recruiting strategies.

Another was challenged to engage with fisherman in a nearby coastal city to understand how they were being affected by climate change.

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.

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al - Falih has said it would be a risk to list in New York because of liabilities and litigation, including the climate change lawsuits against other oil companies by New York City.

If the worst climate - change predictions come true, hundreds of coastal US towns and cities — from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Galveston, Texas — could disappear underwater by 2100.

«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.

Once you've put such a plan in place, ideally by the time you're in your forties, «the plan should be able to survive everything except major changes in your life, such as the death of a close family member or failure of part of your business,» says Dick Cummins, director of personal financial services in Coopers & Lybrand's New York City office.

At this point, they designs are hardly cast in stone — or glass, in this case — and subject to change and approval by the city government.

By their last NHL season, the Jets had trouble attracting fans to the rink, but as the Conference Board of Canada said in a report earlier this month, plenty has changed in the city since.

Next, the divergence between the HSBC and NBS PMIs, which can arguably be accounted for by considering the changing composition of Chinese growth becoming more orientated to inland cities over the past year or so.

By showcasing the most innovative and successful city solutions out there today, we hope to inspire local leaders throughout the country and the world to capitalize on the potential that cities hold to take meaningful action against change.

These 15 risks are: Lack of Fresh Water, Unsustainable Urbanization, Continued Lock - in to Fossil Fuels, Chronic Diseases, Extreme Weather, Loss of Ocean Biodiversity, Resistance to Life - saving Medicine, Accelerating Transport Emissions, Youth Unemployment, Global Food Crisis, Unstable Regions, Soil Depletion, Rising Inequality, Cities Disrupted by Climate Change & Cyber Threats.

Well, as the largest city in the Lone Star state, Houston is transitioning towards a low carbon future by taking lead on tackling climate change.

«There's a visceral public reaction to the whole rapid pace of change in the city symbolized by, and perhaps blamed too much on, Amazon.»

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.

In 1907, the city's name was changed to Tomball in honor of local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who helped to develop the Port of Houston by convincing the railroad to run a line through downtown area of the city.

In Ohio, we found that rate changes according to lender more than by city.

While that can be merely lip service by an executive to assuage tension and anger, and protect the brand, Johnson instantly put the wheels of change in motion by scheduling meetings with city officials.

Saskatoon Change Makers, organized by Upstream and the Broadbent Institute, was an an evening of discussion and inspiration that considered the best ways to bring about positive change in the city of SaskChange Makers, organized by Upstream and the Broadbent Institute, was an an evening of discussion and inspiration that considered the best ways to bring about positive change in the city of Saskchange in the city of Saskatoon!

Posted by Nick Falvo under cities, climate change, Ontario, post-secondary education, public infrastructure, public services, public transit, student movement, transportation, user fees.

Climate change activists around the city, including the leader of a Sunset Park group, are praising a decision by the de Blasio administration to divest $ 5 billion in pension holdings from companies dealing in fossil fuel.

(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.

The table below shows Zumper's list of the 100 most expensive major rental markets in the US, by median asking rents for 1 - BR and 2 - BR units in April, and their percentage changes compared to a year ago (use browser search box to find a city).

As noted by Harvey Cox, the author of The Secular City, in an interview with Krista Tippett, secularist and religious sentiments will ultimately seesaw between one and the other — Yes, this is off topic, but to say that the Church will change drastically will ultimately mean that it'll take two steps back, then two steps forward, and so on.

An estimated 2.5 million pilgrims have descended on the city of Mecca for the Islamic Hajj, but with the rising threat of climate change, there are now calls for both pilgrims and authorities in Mecca to reduce the environmental damage wrought by this yearly influx of travelers.

I was wondering what you think of the concept that we can change our world, city, community by changing ourselves.

Lest readers be excessively cheered by evidence of a return to sanity, we note that New York City has again changed its policy with respect to sex clubs.

We should have learned by now that the attempt to end the sufferings of people in the cities by tinkering with political and economic changes is futile.

It's important to remember that a similar change, also shaped by social, economic and technological developments, occurred in the late 19th century industrialization, urbanization and immigration caused people to move from the village to the city.

There are now persons in the pews who were born in the city, who are secular in their outlook, who are keenly aware of the ways in which their lives are shaped by structures which they do not control and who are concerned that their religious institutions should be active agents of social change.

A sea change is when people move from the city to start a new life by the sea, generally a coastal village.

Despite the withering contempt of experts and allies alike — even the architectural critic Lewis Mumford, letting his unfortunate susceptibility to vanity get the better of him, could not resist dismissing Death and Life as a «preposterous mass of historic misinformation and contemporary misinterpretation» assembled by «a sloppy novice» — this unaccredited journalist - mother, with no college education, no training in planning, and no institutional support, wrote a book that would change the way the world thinks about cities.

A variety of movements arose to meet the challenges of the social changes brought by the growth of cities and the Industrial Revolution.

Avance Coffee Conference October 11 - 12, 2017 - Guatemala City, Guatemala Michelle Deugd, Rainforest Alliance Director of Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods, will be a speaker on Climate Change: Reconciling Global and Local Actions at this conference hosted by the Specialty Coffee Association.

If it has been 2 - 0 by the time, I wonder if the result will change, the Roma - Barcelona game show it, how the morale will be boost for the home team when they know another goal will win it all, or get them back into the game to go into extra time, in the case of City.

Unlike Resource I don't hide when people come criticizing.Resource hid himself when he knew people would criticize him for the Lemar deal saying it was done and all that.I had to take the blame because people confused me with him.As for the transfers, believe me if you want Lemar asking price of # 55 including add ons was agreed to be paid.The price was changed to # 65 putting Arsenal off but they they tried for several weeks for Monaco to soften their stance.The Jadon Sancho deal is imminent and by next week I expect City to release him.

Jamie Vardy has made his intentions clear that he is set to stay with Leicester City despite Arsenal's offer, by changing his Twitter profile picture to him in the new Foxes home strip with the byline «Forever Fearless».

Only 3 wins in entire season on road... Burnley is just 2 points behind Arsenal... To what level Arsenal have dropped themselves by not changing hands of Management in crucial times... There was a time when Top Managers in Europe would have agreed to join Arsenal because Arsenal were really top but now why Likes of Ancelloti or Allegeri, and other top managers would think of Arsenal as we don't even have money like Chelsea and Man City to pursue them.....

By the time he did become available — the following January — our needs had changed and Manchester City snapped him up.»

Still, Kansas City lost by two points, and just one more touchdown would have changed the course of the game.

Arsene Wenger and the lads have also answered a few questions and proved wrong some doubts that were being aimed at us by the football press, like when we changed tactics and played on the counter attack to win a game against a big rival way to Man City.

I am writing this article before Arsenal and our Premier League rivals like Man City and Leicester City kick off for the first matches of the new year, so the numbers in the statistics I am using to compare our assist king Mesut Ozil with other players doing well in the same position will have changed by tonight.

Well that was about as bad as we could have feared from Arsenal, as we lost to a Swansea City side weakened by a lot of changes as they planned for their next game which is a relegation six pointer with Norwich.

Wenger has now revealed that there is a possibility that he could field both in attack in a more conventional 4 -4-2 formation, the system used to win the Premier League last year by Leicester City, although he is eager not to change anything whilst his side are in form.

Against City it was obvious from the start of the second half, that the tactical changes by Guardiola (switching Sane to the left, putting Sterling from the middle to the right and putting De Bruyne in the middle) gave us huge problems down the flanks, but Wenger did absolutely nothing tactically, before we fell behind.

The Leicester City goalkeeper is said to be changing agents this week to join forces with Luca Bascherini, as reported by The Sun, with the Italian representative having strong links with Old Trafford.

it surely means he must change something, as our last win at City was by defending hard and playing counter attack.

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal fans have been left furious and bemused by the decision of the FA to appoint our old nemesis Mike Dean to take change of the FA cup clash with Hull City on Saturday as it surely has greatly reduced our chances of getting past the Tigers and into the next round.