Sentences with phrase «global cities face»

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It's not just that the one percent is on the rise: The locational prerogatives of the global super-rich are changing the face of some of the world's greatest cities.

It is a major slap in our face that a club with such a rich history and global following, massive wealth, prime location in England we have to sit year after year with these disappointments and be humiliated like we were today and countless other games, especially the thrashings United, Chelsea and City have been giving us over the past few years.

«It's a great honor,» said Veronica Kelly, who works with the New York City Global Partners, a non-profit organization that connects municipal leaders in New York City with leaders from around the world to discuss shared problems facing their cities.

Can new technology and astute planning keep our cities cool in the face of global warming?

«While Beijing's pollution is particularly noteworthy, many of the world's other cities face similar air quality problems,» said Junfeng Zhang, Ph.D., with Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Kunshan University and a co-author of the study.

The report lists 30 cities that face increased health risks from heat waves worsened by global warming, based on a combination of four factors: average number of summer days with «oppressive» summer heat, the percentage of households without central air conditioning, ground - level ozone levels, and the percentage of households below the poverty line.

Millions of ginkgos line city streets, the ultimate symbol of survival in the face of global change.

Her book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

Her forthcoming book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

«Indianapolis, the home of our global headquarters, faces an uncertain future if we do not dramatically improve the educational attainment of all of our city's children.

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Set in 2013, 10 years after the Raccoon City incident, the world faces the horror of a global scale bioterrorism attack.

The artists included in Cities of Conviction use visual language to explore the pertinent cultural issues facing Saudi Arabia and its citizens, which are in parallel with those facing artists from Utah and, in a world becoming ever more global, the artists also address the dilution of specific elements of culture.

In Miami, Jack Black explores the challenges facing Miami as global warming raises sea levels, causing inland as well as coastal flooding thanks to the porous limestone under the city.

«Polar Cities» dubbed «Noah's Arks» for Humankind in Face of Global Warming and Methane Worst Scenario

It seems to be river delta awareness day in global media: A piece in The Guardian highlights the future impact on climate change on the Nile Delta; and Reuters points out that the Mekong Delta faces difficult times ahead as well — 10 % of Ho Chi Minh City could be submerged by 2100:

The impact of globalisation and the emergence of knowledge - based economies creates a formidable challenge for them in their endeavour to maintain and enhance the competitiveness of their cities by achieving a flexible, adaptable and diverse local economic structure, which would better position their cities faced with global competition.

Increased frequency of droughts, heat waves, and water scarcity are all predicted for the region, where low - lying areas — including 43 port cities — could also face coastal flooding with a global temperature rise of as little as 1 degree.

But according to Reilly, this metaphor doesn't capture the challenge faced by any one city, state or region because while they can contribute to climate action, they can't alone stop what is a global problem.

To capitalize on those opportunities, however, real estate practitioners need to stay in the know about the challenges facing global cities, including who is involved in addressing these challenges and specific development plans.

On a global scale, places like the United States have long experienced crippling droughts in, among other places, California, while the UAE face clear struggles in building livable and sustainable cities in a desert.

Many American cities now face conditions of water scarcity — which will become more widespread with the onset of global climate change...

Human resources executives of global companies, take note: if you want to bring smiles to the faces of your relocating employees, tell them you have a job relocation for them in New York City or somewhere in Europe.