Sentences with phrase «increased affluence»

It is to be expected that they would increase because of the increased earning potential of the land, increased employment, increased affluence of the turbine - hosting farmers, and the generous community development grants that are being provided by the wind farm operator.

Globally, water demand will grow in the coming decades, primarily due to population growth and increased affluence; regionally, large changes in irrigation water demand as a result of climate change are likely (high confidence)[3.5.1].

Our carbon tax spreadsheet model predicts that after an initial rapid 15 % drop due to the bill's aggressive starting price, CO2 emissions would rise on account of increased affluence and the rise in energy demand that tends to accompany it in the absence of continuing price incentives.

In our China special, we highlight the opportunities for dealmakers in the region; look at the new breed of LP; identify the growth investment opportunities in China's vast business landscape, and discuss how increased affluence is spurring demand for high - end products.

Driven by increasing affluence at home and a growing number of export markets, beef production is expected to increase by 22.5 per cent, reaching 10.9 million tonnes by 2023.

But over the years, with China's increasing affluence & (continued) high savings rate, an increasingly huge pool of savings has been sloshing» round looking for a home.

With increasing affluence, more Chinese now have the time and money to keep pets.

As a general rule, in the SRES scenarios an increasing affluence causes energy use per capita to rise and leads to the substitution of solid fuels, such as coal and fuelwood, with energy forms of higher quality.

(06/11/2009) Deforestation generates short - term benefits but fails to increase affluence and quality of life in the long - run, reports a new study based an analysis of forest clearing in 286 municipalities across the Brazilian Amazon.

Not exact matches

By doing activities that make them feel useful, employees increase their sense of «time affluence,» the researchers conclude, implying that the source of our perceived time famine isn't really lack of hours but a lack of a sense of purpose and accomplishment.

The growing destructiveness of our society is not just a product of increased population and affluence.

The increase in the global consumption of goods and services is due about equally to the population explosion and to the rise of individual affluence.5

As for the common people, their economic status doubtless limited the size of their households and, as among all polygamous peoples, any rise in affluence was accompanied by an increase of wives.

If by some way humanity were able to reduce the environmental impact of all its technologies by 10 per cent and there were no increase in per - person affluence, world population growth would return the collective impact of humans to the previous level in about five years.

The breaking market can be attributed to a few factors, chiefly increasing globalisation and the affluence of a growing middle class.

With the benefit cap meaning that housing benefit will be capped at a point where for many who rely on it will have to move away, which means areas with relative affluence with sites of former counci estates, which are now being snapped up by yuppies or young professionals renting them will increase in an area — less likely to vote Labour than those who were on receipt of housing benefit.

Pollution is also a key consideration that can harm the health and affluence of a player's virtual population if allowed to increase unchecked.

As the world's population grows in number and affluence, the demands for both resources are increasing faster than ever.

The combined influences of population and affluence have been regarded as the core of environmental stress — and have tended to guarantee an annual increase in carbon dioxide emissions.

This breakdown showed that certain states, such as New York for example, that would expected to see its increasing population and affluence bring along significantly higher carbon dioxide emissions instead saw those emissions fall thanks to politics that favored environmental protections.

So with even small increases in animal products and with the plant nutrition reduced, it seems only logical that the diseases of affluence would be beginning to take hold.

The data show that the percentage of teachers who live in their own districts varies a great deal — from 8 percent to 55 percent in this sample — and tends to increase with the affluence of the district.

Rising affluence has turned more Brazilians and Chileans into taxpayers, which increases pressure on the government to provide better public services and to meet citizens» demands.

It was a model Chevy Biscayne and BelAir owners could aspire to as their level of affluence increased.

For example, during the 1990's corporate earnings and stock prices increased with global affluence.

«People are now starting to view their pets as a family member, rather than just an animal, which generally remains outside of the house,» Jetley says, attributing this shift in attitudes to increased exposure to global trends and a growing affluence that allows people to spend more on their pets.

«The demand is related to the increase in the size of the human population, an increase in affluence in developing countries, as well as an increase in overall urbanization.»

Greater community affluence brings with it an increase in real estate values for everyone.

Barry Robinson, president, Wyndham Hotel Group south - east Asia and the Pacific Rim said: «There is enormous potential in growing the upscale segment in south - east Asia which is a booming tourism hotspot thanks to the region's rising affluence, improved infrastructure and increased flight connectivity.

But, as yet, there's no set of such goals for those who are already living lives that many analysts say are consuming resources at a pace well beyond the planet's carrying capacity, particularly if the habits that attend affluence — from greatly increased meat consumption to unthinking energy use and greenhouse - gas emissions — are adopted by another few billion people.

The comments about rich versus poor give me an opportunity to replay a letter I wrote to a newspaper yesterday — a scientist from a corporation with a very strong climate policy mentioned that affluence increases per capita emissions.

In our current growth - based economic system, rising affluence and population growth mean increased consumption, environmental destruction, and waste production.

«Driven by a desire for exotic travel experiences and an increasing reliance on aviation and luxury amenities, affluence has turned tourism into a carbon - intensive consumption category.»

Over same period, human population increased 1.7 times and average human quality of life, affluence and life expectancy at birth have increased dramatically, while starvation rates have decreased.

A cornerstone of modern environmentalism is the claim that affluence and technology are the problem — that they actually increase environmental degradation and deplete the world's natural resources.

If we attribute only half of the net increase in affluence over this period to «carbon», this would far outweigh any postulated past plus future costs of carbon.

The result, however, is sugar — a commodity that has become increasingly valuable as global affluence and its associated sweet tooth has increased.

Boomers» increased financial affluence is also a factor, as couples are less likely to stay together for financial reasons.

A growing body of research has shown that adolescent girls in the context of affluence face a series of unique pressures that may increase social - emotional problems.