Sentences with phrase «environmental city of the future»

Aspiring to be an environmental city of the future, Yokohama has sought to achieve high quality and good cost performance as a result of integrating Japanese advanced technologies and inexpensive mature technologies.

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In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

Jim shares my belief that green jobs are the jobs of the future and together we will keep New York City a national leader on environmental issues.»

Funds will also be used to increase reliability between Albany and New York City, by modernizing signals and advance necessary engineering and environmental work for the future replacement of the Livingston Avenue Bridge over the Hudson River between Rensselaer and Albany.

That view was reinforced by two developments last week: Cuomo's aides proposed a new energy plan for the state's future that, unlike previous plans, made no mention of fracking in the Southern Tier, and Cuomo himself named former New York City Councilman James Gennaro, a fierce fracking opponent, as a deputy commissioner at Martens» environmental agency.

In his book The Vertical Farm, Columbia environmental health professor Dickson Despommier argues that cities of the future might feed themselves by creating farms inside enormous, glass - walled skyscrapers where every floor is a solar - powered greenhouse.

It is in cities that the social, economic and environmental sustainable development converge more intensely, making it become necessary to be thought out, planned and managed in accordance with sustainable development model that aims to meet the current needs of the Earth population without compromising its natural resources, bequeathing them to future generations.

For more resources visit thisisgeography.co.uk Lesson sequence: 1 - Urban future 2 - Supersized cities 3 - How cities began 4 - Urbanisation in Africa 5 - Favelas 6 - Urban change in the UK 7 - The future of cities ICT 8 - Introducing Bristol 9 - Social opportunities 10 - Bristol's economy 11 - Urbanisation and the environment 12 - Environmental challenges 13 - Social inequality 14 - New housing in Bristol 15 - The Temple Quarter Regeneration 16 - Rio De Janeiro 17 - Social challenges in Rio 18 - ICT economic challenges in Rio 19 - Improving Rio for the city's poorest

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Building rental units in sought - after urban communities would also help reduce environmental damage caused by longer commutes and deter or prevent a possible flight - of - talent that may occur in the near future if more and more middle - class urbanites are unable to afford to live in the city they work in.

About The Surge Set in a heavily dystopian future as Earth nears the end of its life, those who remain in the overpopulated cities must work to survive as social programs become saturated by an ageing population and increasing environmental diseases.

With our forward - thinking, charismatic president Demetrio Watts delivering cheaper energy to cities throughout the world, the Prometheus Corporation continues to balance sophisticated research with environmental conservation to light a brighter future for humanki — What a giant load of horse @ # % *.

The Surge maintains the same core formula while fundamentally changing the setting, which is now a dystopian future where Earth nears the end of its life and overpopulated cities face environmental diseases among many other issues.

I worked on the Environmental Council during the city's huge future planning process to try like heck to get the city of Detroit to make their city planning reflect climate issues and — ta - da!

Scenic Hudson, City of Yonkers and Westchester County create Habirshaw Park (future home of Beczak Environmental Education Center) on city waterfrCity of Yonkers and Westchester County create Habirshaw Park (future home of Beczak Environmental Education Center) on city waterfrcity waterfront.

With the environmental disasters taking place in cities across the country from Santa Barbara, CA to Houston, TX to Santa Rosa, CA, city leaders and community stakeholders are beginning to recognize the vital need to think, plan, and act to improve their resilience in the face of future environmental disturbances.

«Honda's experience and the unique feedback that Google, Stanford University and the city of Torrance will provide will be valuable to the future introduction of battery - electric technology,» said Steve Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office of American Honda.

Within the environmental field, Ana has worked in policy research and implementation, awareness - raising, sustainability strategy and business consultancy for organisations including the City of Westminster, Forum for the Future and the International Living Future Institute.

What matters most to improving future human and environmental outcomes in terms of agriculture, cities, and energy?