Sentences with phrase «heavily populated areas»

«Historically, natural disasters that hit heavily populated areas led to substantial near - term declines in economic activity but meaningful rebounds in subsequent quarters due to rebuilding efforts,» Duncan says.

Medical assisting schools in Indiana can be found in several metropolitan areas and on the outskirts of heavily populated areas.

Virginia is a fairly large state, and it has many heavily populated areas.

The new pipeline would triple the amount of diluted bitumen transported through a seismically active area of the Southwest coast of British Columbia, double the oil storage tank capacity on Burnaby Mountain above heavily populated areas and dramatically increase the number of Aframax tankers required to ship the oil from Kinder Morgan's marine terminal through Burrard Inlet and coastal waters.

It is hard for the company to keep its plans out of the public eye at this point, as much of the existing route goes under what are now heavily populated areas.

Deforestation has already reduced rainfall in heavily populated areas adjacent to the Amazon and Congo rainforests, according to a statement from England's University of Leeds, whose researchers were part of the study.

As these areas expand they will begin pushing into more heavily populated areas, with potentially severe impacts on society.

The problem is not with taking surface temperature measurements; it's that so many of those thermometers are in heavily populated areas where the population has been increasing for a long time, creating heat islands.

Hazard maps produced by benchmarked computer models now exist for many heavily populated areas in the Pacific.

Texture pop - up is rampant (which is not a deal - breaker), and lag in heavily populated areas slows the game to a crawl (which kind of is a deal breaker.

While heavily populated areas have access to affordable spay / neuter services, many rural counties, especially in the Western half of Oklahoma, do not.

Their interpersonal skills are quite different than what is found in metropolitan areas, and those born and raised in heavily populated areas may struggle to relate.

The temperate zone, which includes heavily populated areas, now experiences a Mediterranean climate with often wet winters.

WFP isn't that popular outside of the government centers and heavily populated areas with lots of state / town / city / village workers.

Four wheels also make it a little harder to move «on a dime,» so they aren't always the best for navigating heavily populated areas or within tight quarters.

There seems no doubt, either, that pro basketball is ripe for expansion, especially in heavily populated areas.

In addition, we go beyond organic certification standards and implement our own standards, like not using coconuts from heavily populated areas where they are exposed to polluting forces such as diesel and gas fumes from trucks and other vehicles.

Hurricane Irma took aim at heavily populated areas of central Florida on Monday as it carved a path of destruction through the state.

Lacavera owns about 35 per cent of Wind Mobile, which has a wireless network serving about 750,000 customers — primarily in heavily populated areas of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.

He also said that Facebook used satellite imagery to create so - called «population maps» that the Red Cross can use to see heavily populated areas and more quickly determine who needs help.

A tornado touched down in a heavily populated area of Joplin, Missouri, killed 89 people and injuring many more.

While we are still in a heavily populated area, it is the most «rural» place this city girl / suburbanite has ever lived.

«We're going to choose our tornadoes wisely; we're not going to choose a tornado that's going into a heavily populated area.»

«We've been worried since 9/11 about how to protect against bad guys hijacking an aircraft and crashing it into a nuclear power plant upwind of a heavily populated area,» says David Lochbaum, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists's Nuclear Safety Project, a group that monitors the performance of nuclear plants and the NRC, which regulates them.

I don't live in a heavily populated area and I still get daily matches.

Especially for your first time meeting someone new, pick a heavily populated area such as a coffee shop, restaurant, mall, etc..

It's a heavily populated area, and the demographic is mainly students and highly educated professionals.

However, many Maya groups had left the once heavily populated area in the 10th century A.D., and immigrated to the Yucatan.

The future changes of sea level and ocean circulation therefore pose a great and imminent threat to this heavily populated area.»

Yes, if Gustav strengthens to CAT III or above and makes landfall along a heavily populated area of the GOM it will revive memories of Katrina and raise questions.

Although the station itself is located in a park (34 ° 35» 24 ″ S, 58 ° 29» 01 ″ W), the park is in a very heavily populated area (population density = 6,600 / km2), and the station is only 85m from the edge of the park (Figure 32).

He used a more heavily populated area to start with instead of those sparser forest and mountain areas.

The geographic triangular area described is a heavily populated area of the country.

It's a heavily populated area, and the demographic is mainly students and highly educated professionals.

Not exact matches

Nevada's heavily regulated brothels are allowed to operate in only lowly populated areas and enjoy a quaint reputation.

«To some extent, the development areas are going to be in the west more so than in the east — the coast is quiet heavily populated with pigs already because of previous years» trade.

Our current congregation is in an area of town that is not heavily populated with a Jewish community.

Essen is one of the biggest cities in Germany and lies in the heart of the Ruhr area, one of the most heavily populated and most football crazed areas in Europe.

«If you have a heavily minority - populated area, it just doesn't make sense not to have minority representation.»

Understanding how mountain glaciers are responding to climate change is important because they provide fresh water to many heavily - populated areas of the globe and can contribute to sea level rise, Winski said.

Bin Laden was found in a heavily fortified compound in a fairly populated area near Islamabad.

A poleward expansion of the tropics is likely to bring even drier conditions to these heavily populated regions, but may bring increased moisture to other areas.

The comments appeared to confirm what geologists, biologists and environmentalists had been warning about for years: building a massive hydropower dam in an area that is heavily populated, home to threatened animal and plant species, and crossed by geologic fault lines is a recipe for disaster.

Aerosol pollution in China is heavily concentrated in industrialized, urbanized regions, while remote, thinly populated areas have much cleaner air.

The team notes that «many heavily populated regions contain thrust and strike - slip fault networks, so understanding the mechanisms by which faults in such networks interact is critical for improved estimates of seismic hazard and risk in those areas.»

The Western Ghats of India is also a prime area for freshwater aquarium fish, and it's one of the world's most heavily populated biodiversity hotspots — supporting elephants, tigers, hornbills, and 30 million people.

A new analysis suggests that massive earthquakes on northern sections of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, affecting areas of the Pacific Northwest that are more heavily populated, are somewhat more frequent than has been believed in the past.

That's why the traditional stomping grounds of kaiju tend to be heavily populated metropolitan areas like New York City, Tokyo and San Francisco.

It's a comfortable enough range for a lot of librarians, particularly in heavily - populated areas.

The best choice is to use preventative tick medication and to monitor your dog before and after any exposure to heavily populated tick areas.