Sentences with phrase «for urban land»

«More and more cities and counties are looking at inclusionary housing in one form or another to deal with the incredibly high rent,» says Maya Brennan, vice president for the Urban Land Institute's Terwilliger Center for Housing.

«The bottom line is real estate represents a certain portion of investable wealth out there, and a properly diversified investor should be invested in it,» said Kerry Vandell, director of the Center for Urban Land Economics Research at the University of Wisconsin - Madison business school.

Joan Mooney is a freelance writer who has written extensively about transportation for Urban Land magazine and other publications.

Notes: 1 Required courses for the Urban Land Economics Diploma.

She has spoken at national conferences for the Urban Land Institute, USGBC, BOMA, AIA, and ASHRAE; published articles in High Performance Buildings, Lessons Learned, Area Development, National Geographic, and Sustainable Facility; and has been quoted in the Financial Times, The New York Times, Preservation Magazine, New York Construction, and Forbes.

2 Specialty / Elective courses for the Urban Land Economics Diploma.

The U.S. population is projected to grow by 150 million within the next 40 years and «more compact, mixed - use development» is needed to handle the growth and changing demands, Patrick Phillips, CEO for the Urban Land Institute, told an audience at the National Association of Real Estate Editors annual conference this week.

Now he's a real estate and business counselor and serves as a trustee for the Urban Land Institute and president of the Urban Land Foundation.

The sharing and discussions at the conference were organised around the following six thematic discussion papers prepared by international experts: 1: Methodologies for Situation Analysis in Urban Agriculture; 2: Appropriate Methodologies for Developing a Facilitating Policy and Planning Framework in Urban Agriculture; 3: Technical Tools for Urban Land Use Planning; 4: Appropriate methods for technology development in urban agriculture; 5: Methods for Monitoring and Evaluation and its adaptation to urban and peri-urban agriculture; 6: Methods for Micro-enterprise Development in Urban Agriculture

We teach people of all ages how to care for urban land and grow food with limited resources.

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.

Not exact matches

Though land is plentiful, urban farmers must secure land suitable for farming and work around city zoning and licensing.

Perth's established suburbs accounted for just 28 per cent of all urban land development in 2012, well below the long - term «infill» target of 47 per cent, prompting calls for regulatory reform from the Property Council of Australia.

Land use is only getting more complicated for governments and developers — driving up demand for urban planners.

Problem is, land - use restrictions are usually enacted for valid reasons such as protecting the environment, reducing urban sprawl and preserving agricultural land.

Its PAT200 personal air taxi is a hybrid - electric aircraft that features vertical takeoffs and landings and is optimized for quiet, efficient operation in urban environments.

I think one way to mitigate the pain for exurban areas in to put in place a land value tax as well, which would also tend to hit the urban hippies harder than the suburban middle class.

Land buyers have focused primarily on well - connected urban sites as developers and investors seek opportunities for house price growth beyond London.

One small example of this in our neighborhood is the urban farm one of my friends and mentors started to provide jobs to «returning citizens»: It required the city to help give away land and clear vacant property and some startup capital from a local farming company, but it is based on the church's understanding of the needs of the people and explicitly tied to the concept that faithful believers can help disciple and encourage people who have been incarcerated for harming others, walking them through the transformative process.

For instance, the steady destruction of our natural forests, pasture lands and inland coastal water bodies has not only meant increased economic poverty for millions of tribals, nomads and traditional fisherfolk, but also a slow cultural and social death: a dismal change from rugged self - sufficient human beings to abjectly dependent landless laborers and squalor - stricken urban migranFor instance, the steady destruction of our natural forests, pasture lands and inland coastal water bodies has not only meant increased economic poverty for millions of tribals, nomads and traditional fisherfolk, but also a slow cultural and social death: a dismal change from rugged self - sufficient human beings to abjectly dependent landless laborers and squalor - stricken urban migranfor millions of tribals, nomads and traditional fisherfolk, but also a slow cultural and social death: a dismal change from rugged self - sufficient human beings to abjectly dependent landless laborers and squalor - stricken urban migrants.

In 1095, Urban II called for the first crusade to reclaim the Holy Land and the people responded, Deus lo Volt» God wills it!

From Cain onward, right relationship with God is also mirrored by a fruitful relationship with the land, for both rural and urban dwellers, and vice versa.

When Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade in a speech before a French crowd at Clermont, he demanded that Christians reestablish their claim to the Holy Land and to the most sacred sites of the religion — Bethlehem, Golgotha and the Holy Sepulchre.

Berry agrees, but one wonders if he would ever admit that his own partisan thumos in defense of the land has not itself become a commodity to be sold on a market for urban types who feel alienated from their own small town and rural backgrounds.

His beautiful structures would soar into the air, releasing most of the land now covered by urban sprawl for agriculture, recreation, or wilderness.

Nor was anything like half the world's human population crowded into urban areas, with fewer chances for self - sustainability than people on the land have when times turn desperate.

Given the cost of land in urban areas, it is not unreasonable for a congregation purchasing and building their own sanctuary, to have a budget of a million dollars, or more.

In poor urban areas, limited access to land for the production of food is another challenge.

Myself and many others were pleased to see that food localisation was widely seen as an obvious and necessary pathway forward, with strategic land use planning — urban and peri-urban agriculture, community gardens, edible streetscapes and so on — identified as an urgent priority for all local and state governments in the coming years.

Imagine being able to learn to ride a bike for almost three miles without having to watch for vehicular traffic,» Jamie R. Simone, program director, Urban Parks Program at the Trust for Public Land in Chicago.

Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, which oversees all state land conservation, said, «Since taking office, Governor (Deval) Patrick has made a historic $ 230 million investment in land conservation focused on three goals: investing in urban parks, preserving working farms and forests, and protecting large natural landscapes for habitat.

The funding follows recommendations made last June by the Urban land Institute for the site's potential reuse.

In his reaction, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Land, Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Wale Ojo, called for effective administration of the bill when eventually passed into law.

The Paterson administration said linking the parks measure with the EPF — which pays for initiatives such as buying land for preservation, plus water cleanup efforts, urban forestry and recycling — was the only way to realize the savings needed to help balance the $ 9.2 billion deficit.

For example, land in urban centers would remain scarce.

At 8:30 a.m., during a panel discussion about the MTA's five - year plan for construction and renovation projects, representatives of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA and the Urban Land Institute New York introduce an initiative titled «Keeping NY on Track: The Importance of the MTA Transit Network in a Changing World»; Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th floor, Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for University Life, NYU, 60 Washington Square S., Manhattan.

«Expanding the number of land banks throughout the state provides a boost for struggling urban communities, empowers municipalities and opens countless doors for community revitalization and economic development,» Silver said.

The new Erie County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan creates innovative strategies to guide the County to identify and protect agricultural land with development pressure, support new farms and attract new farmers to Erie County, identify strategies to increase the financial viability of agriculture in the County, connect rural and urban farmers with consumers and new markets, and increase accessibility of healthy, local food for consumers.

Urban sprawl and development have simply reduced land area both for peasant farming and cattle grazing.

On March 28, 2014, the Board of Directors for the New York State Urban Development Corporation, doing business as Empire State Development («ESD»), accepted the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement («the DSEIS»), adopted an amendment to the Modified General Project Plan («the Proposed Amendment»), and authorized a Public Hearing in connection with the Atlantic Yards Land Use Improvement and Civic Project.

Howe then worked for Andrew Cuomo at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development before going in to the private sector, eventually landing with Whiteman Osterman Hanna, one of the largest and most politically connected lobbying and law firms in Albany.

«Willets Point has been a topic of discussion for decades, and it's now been nearly 10 years since the Urban Renewal Plan to redevelop this 61 - acre parcel of untapped land.

Next Monday, Community Board 3's land use committee will meet to vote on proposed guidelines for the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area.

After 43 years of bitter battles over the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Community Board 3's land use committee approved a set of planning guidelines tonight for the 7 - acre parcel next to the Williamsburg Bridge.

«With the recent interest and surge in urban agriculture, we have been looking for more access to land,» she said.

The Daily News» Liz Benjamin reports that Sen. - elect Pedro Espada would consider entering a possible special election for borough president (if current BP Adolfo Carroin officially lands a White House urban policy gig) if his demand for a significant leadership position is not met.

«The roofscapes of our cities are the last urban frontier — from 15 percent to 35 percent of the total land area — and the green roof industry can turn these wasted spaces into a force for cleaner air, cleaner water, energy savings, cooling, beauty and recreation,» he says.

In a study published in October 2009 in the Journal of Mammalogy, Gehrt watched the movement of 181 radio - collared coyotes and noted their preference for natural lands within urban and suburban spaces, such as city parks and residential yards.

The urban environment can influence the type of seeds a plant produces, increasing the chance for the seed to land in soil.

The study, published this month in the journal of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, draws on Seattle's current land use, light availability and national nutritional guidelines to determine the city's carrying capacity for feeding its population.