Sentences with phrase «including rural and urban areas»

The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, select program participants that represent a broad range of geographic and demographic areas (including rural and urban areas) and types of transportation programs.

Not exact matches

According to Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, there are 23.5 million Americans — including 6.5 million children — who live in rural and urban areas across the country who lack access to convenient and affordable nutritious foods known as «food deserts.»

Members include elected representatives of urban, suburban, and rural areas who have come together in recognition of the unique role state legislators must play in preventing gun violence.

The report suggested several reasons for the rural - urban disparity, including the increased transportation costs youth incur to travel to work or education in rural areas and the high cost to companies to deliver employment or training in less urban environments.

Other achievements, according to the Organized Labour include, «payment of 13th Month salary as Christmas bonus to the state workers; elaborate infrastructural developments of both urban and rural areas of the state through unique fiscal management of the state's meager resources; transformation of the education, agriculture and health sectors, other areas of governance which have improved the quality of lives of the people of Enugu State; approval of payment of arrears of salaries of 731 former staff of some state parastatals and also, the regularization of 42 casual staff of the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane Enugu, as permanent staff of the institution», among others.

The area from which the cases of cardiac arrests were drawn is a collection of urban, suburban and rural counties that account for approximately a quarter of North Carolina's population but included all EMS agencies.

The ten cantons selected as the focus of the work were chosen so as to reflect a balanced mix of factors including language region, religion (Catholic and Protestant cantons) and urban centres / rural areas.

The North Carolina study includes both rural and urban areas, creating adequate representation by African - American and rural residents.

By relying on this well - validated prediction model, the team was able to include subjects who live in unmonitored and less - populated areas so that the effects of air pollution on all 60 million people could be analyzed regardless of whether they lived in urban, suburban, or rural areas.

Thus, the study population included all out - of - hospital cardiac arrests from 11 counties in North Carolina (Camden, Catawba, Durham, Mecklenburg, Pasquotank, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Transylvania, Wake, and Warren), covering a total population of approximately 2.7 million inhabitants (30 % of the state's total population), with demographics varying from urban to rural areas served by 11 EMS agencies.

Includes a colourful 14 - page notebook file that shows examples of urban and rural areas, and outlines the challenges the children are to complete.

The push for rural consolidation is all the stranger given the movement in urban areas toward smaller schools, including charter schools, so that classroom sizes are smaller and there is more accountability among students, parents, and administrators.

It includes a summarised set of revision notes, key terminology is defined and a wealth of case studies, these include: Urban Issues and Challenges Topic - Mumbai (NEE Urban Area) and a depth study of London (HIC Urban Area) Changing Economic World - Nigeria and Royal Dutch Shell (NEE Country); Jamaica (Development through tourism); UK Sustainable Car Industry; South Oxfordshire and Milton (Contrasting Rural Areas).

Institutions of direct democracy, including decentralised decision - making powers in rural and urban areas, need to be set up or strengthened in all countries; where decision - making at larger levels requires representation, there should be robust mechanisms of transparency, accountability, and redressal (including recall) that are responsive to the institutions of direct grassroots democracy.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

Unit 2 Challenges In The Human Environment Case Studies Included: - Urban Issues and Challenges Topic - Mumbai (NEE Urban Area) and a depth study of London (HIC Urban Area) Changing Economic World - Nigeria and Royal Dutch Shell (NEE Country); Jamaica (Development through tourism); UK Sustainable Car Industry; South Oxfordshire and Milton (Contrasting Rural Areas).

Increase Parent Involvement With First Day of School Activities Read about how schools across the nation — in urban, rural, and suburban areas — are breaking down barriers with parents and their communities by making the first day of school an exciting holiday with special activities that include everyone!

The region includes a multiethnic population from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds living in rural and urban areas.

Those districts collectively serve a quarter of the state's students and include urban, suburban, and rural areas.

That includes urban and rural teachers, teachers in certain subject areas, and teachers in charter schools.

These data include teachers from a large urban district and an entire state in the Western United States, allowing for an investigation of the dynamics of turnover in both high cost - of - living urban areas and rural school districts over the past fifteen years.

In order to determine if Act 10 affected urban areas of Wisconsin differently than rural areas, the authors» analysis classifies counties using the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Urban - Rural Classification Scheme for Counties.39 (see Appendix 1) The NCHS's four metropolitan classification levels, which include counties within metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, are combined in this analurban areas of Wisconsin differently than rural areas, the authors» analysis classifies counties using the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Urban - Rural Classification Scheme for Counties.39 (see Appendix 1) The NCHS's four metropolitan classification levels, which include counties within metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, are combined in this analrural areas, the authors» analysis classifies counties using the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Urban - Rural Classification Scheme for Counties.39 (see Appendix 1) The NCHS's four metropolitan classification levels, which include counties within metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, are combined in this analUrban - Rural Classification Scheme for Counties.39 (see Appendix 1) The NCHS's four metropolitan classification levels, which include counties within metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, are combined in this analRural Classification Scheme for Counties.39 (see Appendix 1) The NCHS's four metropolitan classification levels, which include counties within metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, are combined in this analysis.

He will be interviewing, filming and collecting stories from parents, teachers, students and community members in the rural and urban areas of the Eastern United States to include Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Washington D.C..

Key examples include Cawelti and Protheroe's (2001) study of change in six school districts in four states; Snipes, Dolittle and Herlihy's (2002) case studies of improvement in four urban school systems and states; Massell and Goertz's (2002) investigation of standards - based reform in 23 school districts across eight states; McLaughlin and Talbert's (2002) analysis of three urban or metropolitan area California districts; Togneri and Anderson's (2003) investigation of five high poverty districts (four urban, one rural) from five states; and several single - site case studies of district success (e.g., Hightower, 2002; Snyder, 2002).

In awarding a grant under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that grant recipients represent diverse geographical areas of the United States, including urban, suburban, and rural areas.

Also known as a major hub of commercial activity, Pennsylvania is a prime spot to settle down, with newcomers attracted to busy urban areas (including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, which didn't make our top 10 list) as well as smaller rural communities like Lancaster.

These include, but are not limited to, designated sites in inner cities, urban areas, and rural communities.

The Trumann area has many excellent school districts, 2 large hospitals in Jonesboro, low traffic congestion, easy commute, low crime rates, low cost of living, many options for home ownership, from urban to rural, and opportunities for outdoor activities are abundant, including duck hunting, and fishing.

Based in the remote area of Yuen Long, located in rural land north of the dense urban center of Kowloon, Huen paints an extended narrative revolving around a recurring cast of characters that includes his wife Haze, son Joel and dogs Balltz, Mui Mui and Doodood.

Spread over five galleries and extending out into the public areas of the museum - including its facade - the exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, films and temporary large - scale installations representing urban and rural sights, sounds and environments as well as the people to be found there.

Human induced trend has two components, namely (a) greenhouse effect [this includes global and local / regional component] and (b) non-greenhouse effect [local / regional component]-- according to IPCC (a) is more than half of global average temperature anomaly wherein it also includes component of volcanic activities, etc that comes under greenhouse effect; and (b) contribution is less than half — ecological changes component but this is biased positive side by urban - heat - island effect component as the met network are concentrated in urban areas and rural - cold - island effect is biased negative side as the met stations are sparsely distributed though rural area is more than double to urban area.

In urban and rural areas, wage - labor - dependent poor households that are net buyers of food are expected to be particularly affected due to food price increases, including in regions with high food insecurity and high inequality (particularly in Africa), although the agricultural self - employed could benefit.

We have been contacted with requests for information and assistance by affected people living in urban as well as rural areas, and the noise and vibration sources have included coal mining, gas fired power stations, large refrigeration units with compressors and swimming pool compressors in city apartment blocks.

«(n) the promotion of sustainable settlement and transportation strategies in urban and rural areas including the promotion of measures to --(i) reduce energy demand in response to the likelihood of increases in energy and other costs due to long - term decline in non-renewable resources, (ii) reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and (iii) address the necessity of adaptation to climate change; in particular, having regard to location, layout and design of new development.»

We think tiny houses can fill many different housing niches, including affordable and attractive pocket neighborhoods in urban areas, homesteading in rural areas, manageable and affordable getaways, options for combating homelessness, refugee camps, bed and breakfasts, and many more.

Sectors assessed for specific effects included freshwater resources, terrestrial and ocean ecosystems, coasts, food, urban and rural areas, energy and industry, human health and security, and livelihoods and poverty.

Examples of what we have accomplished include our Green Cities initiative to encourage environmentalism across India, visiting local schools to engage youth, and tree plantings in both urban and rural areas.

BarefootLaw Uganda uses a combination of approaches including technology, audio - visual and traditional means to provide legal knowledge and assistance to women, both in rural and urban areas.

The participating schools were chosen from different regions of Taipei, including urban, suburban and rural areas, and accounted for 11.7 % of all high schools in the Taipei area.

Participants included public and private service providers from rural and urban areas of the state.

Most previous research had been concentrated on Indigenous people in rural and remote northern and central Australia, and the first road map included recommendations for more research in urban areas.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

Study participants included 825 kindergarten children from 47 classrooms in 30 elementary schools in two urban areas and one rural area in the Netherlands.

The clinics serve a wide geographical area; thus, the patient population includes families from urban, suburban, and rural areas in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

President Clinton gave housing scant attention in his State of the Union address in late January, but he included initiatives that could boost investment in depressed urban and rural areas and spur homeownership among low - and moderate - income families.