Sentences with phrase «faced by its inhabitants»

Now, we will take a minute to briefly recap some of the mechanisms that have been used over the years in the measurement to determine the situation of poverty being faced by the inhabitants of the planet according to these different indicators.

In 2003, along with his friends from the Eza Possibles collective, Tshindele initiated the «Kinshasa Wenze Wenze», an event that involved producing sculptural works from recovered wrecked cars found across the city as a way of addressing the deteriorating state of the city, and the difficulties faced by its inhabitants.

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Faced with the power of the social forces which dominate the global capitalist archipelago, appropriation of the future of the planet by its inhabitants will not be easy and neither will it happen overnight.

Slated for release in 2013, the new SimCity invites players to grapple with tough choices about energy generation, environmental costs and the responsibilities shouldered by inhabitants of a planet with finite resources — choices faced by real policymakers on the very real planet Earth.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening May 1, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Battle for Terra (PG for violence and mature themes) Animated sci - fi adventure about the peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet who face annihilation when desperate human invaders declare war in the wake of the destruction of Earth.

Published by New Directions for the first time in English, Romain Gary's The Kites tells a story of heroism and hope as the inhabitants of the small town of Cléry in Normandy face occupation by the Nazis during World War II.

It's a portrait only tarnished by poor animation work, especially in character's faces, and the absence of intelligence AI scripts driving the worlds inhabitants who mostly just stand around and do nothing.

A reworked vintage portrait of Bo Bardi, installed on the glass facing into the house by the contemporary artist Renata Lucas and a pair of 1948 cartoon portraits of Bo Bardi and her husband, Pietro, by Alexander Calder, are the most literal representations of the house's charismatic former inhabitants.

Nowadays, by painting large murals of the faces of famous and anonymous people on the streets of Lebanon, Tunisia, Singapore, Dubai and France he tells the story of the city and communicates with its inhabitants.

The growing pressure on forests and agricultural land, compounded by unchecked land use, has led to the land's and its inhabitants» weakening resilience in the face of natural disasters.