Sentences with phrase «for urban sprawl»

A city without zoning, Houston has become a poster child for urban sprawl, plagued with deed restrictions and high property values.

Some metropolitan areas in the state are well known for urban sprawl and long commutes.

Switching out the grand Western vistas of Watkins, O'Sullivan and Adams for urban sprawl and endless concrete, photographers began to radically redefine landscape just as Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour did for architecture in Learning from Las Vegas in 1972.

Some metropolitan areas in the state are well known for urban sprawl and long commutes.

Not exact matches

«There is some truth to that, because [in] Toronto for example, there is limitation as to where you can build low rise construction,» he said, referring to green belt policies aimed at limiting urban sprawl.

The first thing you'll notice is that Los Angeles is a sprawling metropolis (the inspiration for the term urban sprawl, in fact), which can make deciding on a location a more difficult endeavor than meets the eye.

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

During Hurricane Harvey, we saw how a city's layout can worsen the effects of a storm, as Houston's urban sprawl and scant zoning likely set the stage for catastrophic flooding.

Another 15 percent or so is earmarked to pay other debts: student loans to get the education required for middle class employment, auto loans to drive to work (from the urban sprawl promoted by tax shifts favoring real estate «developers»), credit card debt, personal loans and retail credit.

Mr. Carras is of the view that the swift pace of new condo construction in Toronto is simply making up for the decline in construction of single - family homes that is occurring in part because of government policies designed to restrict urban sprawl and promote downtown intensification.

There are no shortage of issues that I hope will be the focus of debate in this election (urban sprawl, inner city schools, regional amalgamation, and others that I plan to write about over the next six months), but the one issue that may have the potential to create a major wave is the Katz Group «s desire to have the City of Edmonton to fund $ 400,000,000 for a new downtown arena.

And can we learn once again to be happy in traditional towns and cities — not only as a moral antidote to individualism, inequality and the misuse of environmental resources, and not only as an aesthetic antidote to suburban sprawl, but also for the sake of the genuine goods and pleasures (including both communal belonging and individual freedom) of traditional urban life?

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

Does New York want to wind up like states struggling to pay for urban decay and sprawl?

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

They are advocating for peace and opposing urban sprawl and expansion of corporate power.

The Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged that the green belt was being «eaten away» by urban sprawl and there was a need for the new planned cities rather than relying on further «piecemeal» developments.

Blatt was a member of the board's Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) task force, which helped shape an unprecedented community - driven development plan for the sprawling Lower East Side lots.

In the most recent elections cycle, the «Preserve» parties have given Rockland voters a chance to vote for candidates favoring controlled growth as opposed to the proliferation of unchecked urban sprawl that one finds in some parts of Ramapo.

Those sky - climbing costs are mostly caused by people, not climate change, cautions Munich Reinsurance, which says urban sprawl and expanding development increase the number of targets for Mother Nature to damage.

Urban areas are set to sprawl over an extra area equivalent to most of Europe within 20 years, yet little is being done to prepare for the major challenges that expansion will bring, scientists said Tuesday.

A statistical analysis of various available data sets for soil consumption and socio - economic development showed that urban sprawl and its impact on soil consumption can not be adequately explained by population growth alone.

«Before we can put a stop to urban sprawl, it's important to understand how to reliably measure it,» says Concordia geography professor Jochen Jaeger, co-author of a recent joint European Environment Agency / Federal Office for the Environment report.

A University of Georgia study using a new method for calculating urban heat island intensities clarifies the conflict on whether urban density or sprawl amplify these effects more.

«The overall goal of our study was to clarify which urban form — sprawl or more - dense development — is most appropriate for UHI mitigation,» said the study's lead author Neil Debbage, doctoral student in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences» department of geography.

«This is the first report to provide a comparable measurement of urban sprawl for all EU and European Free Trade Association countries.

She says that the urban sprawl of San Diego and Los Angeles makes it difficult for the species to move to cooler habitats on its own.

For years, I worried that I was auditioning to be the Edward Gibbon of urban Catholic schooling, chronicling the decline and fall of an invaluable, sprawling institution.

Clearing the urban sprawl and driving the CT 200h through twisting sections of tarmac in the sheeting rain brought home two truths about this car; for most drivers, the CT 200h will grip and go whatever the weather, whatever the road, with ease.

Amongst the bad news is the spread of invasive species, chemical pollution, global warming, species decline, over-logging and urban sprawl (for example in 15 years Pennsylvania has increased its «urban footprint» by 47 % while its population has increased by only 2.5 %).

Urban sprawl also gives rise to a host of other socio - economic issues, as illustrated by this infographic created by Jack Dylan of Point Blank Creative for Sustainable Prosperity.

Golden Gate is a unique national park for many reasons: its urban setting, its sprawling expanse across three counties, and its award - winning youth education programs at Crissy Field Center.

If you're looking for the ultimate getaway while in the urban sprawl of Phnom Penh, the Plantation Urban Resort & Spa is all that and urban sprawl of Phnom Penh, the Plantation Urban Resort & Spa is all that and Urban Resort & Spa is all that and more.

Isolated from the mainland — and protected from its rampant development — the island is a beacon for those looking to shake off the bounds of urban sprawl and truly reconnect with the wild places, where nature still rules and humans can be just a part of the landscape.

Downtown: Downtown Indianapolis continues to grow and thrive with art displays, the Cultural Trail, sports, festivals, unique restaurants and shops, ever - changing exhibits at the museums, hotels in every comfort and price range, our sprawling urban park and outdoor concert venue; all the things that make this capital city a great destination for visitors and locals alike.

After all that traipsing around remote beaches, it was good to be in urban sprawl of Davao City, where I met up for drinks with other backpackers passing through.

The trail leads through a lush, green valley that was nearly paved over in the 1960s for a sprawling urban development dubbed Marincello.

Mad Fellows Games are a developer born out of the urban sprawl of Leamington Spa, UK and they've been working pretty closely with ID@Xbox to reveal a game that was a little tricky to find information for.

Artist Shuichi Nakano's «Searching for Paradise» paintings depict Godzilla - sized animals towering over the urban sprawl of Japan.

SPRAWL Co-curated by former Houston Center for Contemporary Craft curatorial fellow Susie J. Silbert and former HCCC curator Anna Walker, SPRAWL explores the urban landscape with works by 16 artists presented in three thematic sections loosely based on the three phases of urban growth.

Some related reviews have looked at Rirkrit Tiravanija, urban sprawl, museum archaeology, the High Line, Exit Art's «The Reconstruction,» skyscrapers at MoMA, and model building for Zaha Hadid.

Some related reviews have looked at urban sprawl, museum archaeology, the High Line in photographs by Joel Sternfeld, Exit Art's «The Reconstruction,» «Undone» at Altria, skyscrapers at MoMA, and model building for Zaha Hadid.

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For those growing fatigued by contemporary art's ongoing invocations of the Anthropocene and its attendant aesthetics of detritus and scorched - earth urban sprawl, Thiago Rocha Pitta's show «The First Green» offered something of a reprieve.

For the past several years, Kit Wise has been creating large digital collages that often address urban sprawl and the visible pulse of a city.

For this series of photographs, all hand - printed silver gelatin prints, Laurence Cunnane looks towards the city of Guangzhou — its voracious growth and rapid urban sprawl.

For over two decades, Maisel has rigorously photographed aerial perspectives of landscapes affected by industry, agriculture, urban sprawl and other forms of human intervention.

For our December issue, fellowship recipient Victoria Camblin wrote on the work of architect and real estate developer John Portman as a touchstone that artists react to as they intervene in Atlanta's urban sprawl.

As a keen survey of history, her photographs of St. Louis, Missouri, address the contrast between the city's aspirations for urban development once envisioned in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and the realization of urban sprawl that has since displaced the downtown area.