Sentences with phrase «increasing number of cities»

During the Forum — and in response to the demands for information, training, technical and policy advice, and financial assistance by an increasing number of cities, ICLEI and RUAF Foundation, launched the proposal for setting up a CITYFOOD network on resilient city - region food systems and urban agriculture.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is taking steps to direct an increased number of city construction contracts to women and minority - owned businesses.

Among the sticking points were Republican demands to increase the number of city charter schools.

Demonstrating once again that animal welfare knows no political boundaries, a commitment to no - kill has become an electoral plus for an increasing number of city councils.

The theme of surveillance will be a particularly interesting theme to explore according Guay, with the increasing numbers of cities using security cameras to prevent crime, to how everything from traffic lights to entire power grids are connected.

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Reliable housing market statistics are hard to come by, but a number of private surveys of home prices in various cities now suggest at least a halt to the 20 % annual increases, and in some cases precipitous drops.

The island city - state of Singapore said it will not allow any further increase in the number of cars on its streets from February.

With an increase in interest rates looming in the United States and an expected economic slowdown, an increasing number of investment banks are expecting the city's home prices to come under downward pressure.

New York increased the number of digital jobs in the city by 80 %, thanks to a push to boost its tech economy between 2007 to 2011.

What's more, between 2008 and 2013 - 2014 the average number of calories purchased increased for diners in both New York City and New Jersey.

As companies continue to increase the number of tests they conduct in cities, their vehicles are facing the kinds of challenges — like pedestrians and intersections — that are more difficult for self - driving cars to handle.

In the five years to 2000 — 01, the number of small businesses in Australia's state and territory capital cities increased by 6.4 per cent to 945,320, and only Hobart recorded a decrease in the number of small businesses.

Of the 50 statistical divisions outside the capital cities, only 15 recorded an increase in the number of small businesses over the five year perioOf the 50 statistical divisions outside the capital cities, only 15 recorded an increase in the number of small businesses over the five year perioof small businesses over the five year period.

The number of private equity firms in the U.S. has increased 16 percent, to 1,600, since 2000, according to New York City research firm Thomson Venture Economics.

Bob Kroll, president of the city's police union, said the department needs to increase its numbers by about 20 percent.

Seattle, Washington Population: 608,660 Median home price: $ 361,000, down 24 % from the market peak An increasing number of retirees are opting to trade in sun and golf for life in the big city and the...

This summer, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a bill requiring for - hire vehicle companies that have bases with 500 cars or more — which includes Uber — to increase their number of vehicles by only 1 % every year.

English is the second language of choice for many Cambodians, especially in major cities and destinations, thanks to the growth of tourism and increasing number of international companies entering the market.

A.T. Kearney's report cites San Francisco's strong start - up ecosystem, emphasis on technology and willingness to take risks as contributing factors to the city's rapid increases in the number of U.S. patents.

But other cities across the world, including Stockholm, Portland, and Boston, are gaining a stronger startup reputation and increasing the number of startups and amount of VC funding.

«Despite its successes in attracting both customers and in - demand tenants,» the statement reads, «there are still a number of challenges that need to be solved in order to maintain its prominence in a city that is quickly evolving with increased density, mix of uses, and depth of character.»

«Given a property inventory overhang of two to five years in lower - tier cities and China NBS reporting the number of unsold new homes nationwide increased 14 % to 437 million square metres as at 31 October, inventories are likely to remain a problem for China's property sector,» says Dhar.

Last month's month - on - month increase widened from September's 1.07 percent, though the number of cities with gains exceeding 1 percent dropped by five to 29, SouFun said.

Houston continues to have a strong housing market and is one of the top job climates in the U.S. Houston was the first major city in America to regain every lost job from the recession and jobs have increased 230 % since pre-recession numbers!

Kansas City Southern (KSU) stock has sputtered this year, likely reflecting the prospect of increased competition in its Mexico operations, but each of the other nine equities in the group have produced positive total returns so far in calendar 2014, with a number showing double - digit gains.

Thirteen of the 20 cities had smaller year - over-year increases in February; in January only nine saw year - over-year numbers drop.

The number of Kansas City startups significantly contributing to job creation also increased.

He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»

But increasing numbers of evangelical as well as liberal Christians realize that the price required to build Reconstructionism's «city on a hill» is too high: it would mean the scrapping of their own hard - won religious and civil freedoms.

The already marvelous cultural mix of our cities, spiced by the recent arrival of increasing numbers of Asians and Latin Americans, could enable us to prove to the world that ethnic diversity is a plus.

The leaders of the Meccan tribes, when they saw that the number of Muhammad's followers was increasing both in Mecca and in other cities, decided to murder him.

Man City have a massive job to do and we know that big money signings do not always settle quickly and that problem increases with the number of new players coming in.

The game was Man City's 50th of the season and only their sixth defeat - and that number increased to seven on Tuesday night.

Chelsea and Manchester City are both interested in the striker, as both look to increase the number of homegrown players they have at the club, a category that Danny Ings falls into.

Those expectations were further increased when Sir Alex Ferguson was prepared to allow Ben Foster move to Birmingham City but to the surprise of many, a replacement failed to materialise with Sir Alex putting all his faith in his number two keeper Tomasz Kuszczak.

The number of tuberculosis cases in New York City suddenly jumped by 10 percent last year — the largest increase since 1992, according to the Health Department.

Long Island's 13 towns and two cities spent a total of $ 725 million on payrolls in 2014 — a 3.5 percent increase from 2013 — as the total number of employees grew slightly after years of decline, a Newsday analysis shows.

Lhota, who served as a deputy mayor under Giuliani at City Hall, chastised David from the podium, saying it was inappropriate for him to «disparage the 107th mayor of the city of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.&raCity Hall, chastised David from the podium, saying it was inappropriate for him to «disparage the 107th mayor of the city of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.&racity of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.»

The issue of mayoral control was deadlocked because the Republican - led Senate wanted to tie it to an increase in the number of charter schools allowed to operate in New York City.

Meanwhile de Blasio campaigned on record lows on crime, expanding free pre-K and increasing the number of affordable housing units across the city.»

The analysis published Thursday by the New York City - based Osborne Association found that in the last decade, the number of inmates over 50 has increased by 46 percent despite an overall 17 percent decline in the number of people behind bars.

«A lower speed limit in New York City and an increase in the number of speed cameras are positive steps, but we need to do more.

In all, 24 submissions were made to the Constituency Commission in relation to this revision of European Election constituencies — a decidedly lower number than the levels of submissions made in relation to reviews of Dail election constituencies and City / County Council election constituencies but an increase on the number of submissions specifically referring to European Parliament constituency boundaries in the 2007 and 2012 Constituency Commission reviews (eight in both cases) and the thirteen submissions made to the 2003 revision of European Election boundaries.

Negotiations in Albany were also bogged down over how to divide increased education funding, the details of an affordable housing and development tax credit in New York City and whether to increase the number of authorized charter schools.

While the Assembly bill introduced Friday would extend mayoral control over the schools for three years, the Senate has been pushing a one - year extender that would be tied to an increase in the number of city charter schools.

In the past two years we have witnessed the number of murders rise by 13.6 % while rape has increased by 32 % in New York City, according to Compstat records.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders continue to talk with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about a «grand plan» to renew mayoral control of New York City schools, reauthorize sales taxes around the state and, possibly, increase the number of charter schools.

He also convinced Albany to allow him to lower the city's speed limit to 25 miles per hour and increase the number of speed cameras, both key parts of his «Vision Zero» initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities.

Even more troubling is the increase in the number of city children who recently tested positive for higher amounts of lead that require some form of intervention by health officials.

A veteran of numerous mayoral administrations and a rare independent voice in Mr. de Blasio's realm, Mr. Weisbrod was unafraid to admit that a solution to the city's affordable housing crisis may be encouraging more housing construction beyond the five boroughs — and therefore enticing the increasing number of people who work in the city to live elsewhere.