Sentences with phrase «create urban economies»

The more notable examples include long - rotational forest management, fish farming and tourism, as well as the potential for replicating the experience of Manaus to create urban economies based on technology and services.

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The liberalization of the economy under Congress's leadership in 1991through such measures as eliminating tariffs and restrictions on private business - created a new constituency for the traditionally pro-business BJP: the rising middle class in urban centers.

Far less limiting than GTA's urban metropolises, which — because so much of those cities» interior spaces were inaccessible — always felt constructed out of paper houses, Red Dead Redemption's settings are fully, thrillingly alive, their functioning ecosystems, sudden dramatic occurrences, and operative economy all helping to create a sense of participating in a universe that operates independent of (rather than revolves around) you.

Last Train Home Where: Red Vic Movie House, 1727 Haight St., 415-668-3994 When: Jan. 23 - 24 Why: It's an annual tradition created by accelerated modernization, an expanding economy and the world's largest populace: Each year, 130 million Chinese peasants, displaced from their villages to work in urban factories, crowd train stations to return home for the New Year.

Government: The Economic Development & Special Projects Divison creates and manages a range of programs that support and develop a vibrant local economy, including business attraction, retention and expansion; economic planning and forecasting; expanding the City's economic base in tourism and the urban art program.

On Tower Level 5, Wong Ping creates a multimedia installation centered on a colorful, racy animated tale that explores the tension between an aging population and the relentless pace of a digital economy; in her paintings and sculptures, Duan Jianyu depicts a surreal, transitory place where the rural meets the urban; and Lin Yilin constructs a virtual - reality simulation featuring a professional basketball star, testing the potential for using technology to inhabit the experience of another.

Apart from creating economic livelihood opportunities for urban food producers, short food supply chains and related agro-enterprises also are an important mechanism for building local food economies through spin - off to local shops, weekly markets, and food - related services (input supply, transport, animal health services, credit supply).

Because urbanization creates and relies on a global market economy, the best way to influence urban consumption and innovation is through economic decision - making (i.e., prices).

Realizing the gap in the market for a secure local currency solution, we developed the Colu of today, creating a channel... to build stronger urban economies and tight - knit communities through localized currencies.»

Based on a comprehensive body of evidence, this report from the Project on Devolution and Urban Change examines how changes in Pennsylvania's welfare reform policies combined with a strong regional economy in the late 1990s to create substantial change in the welfare system in Philadelphia.

In the process, it created a new urban center that has been heralded by the EPA as an example of smart growth and helped reignite the community's economy.