Sentences with phrase «limited urban land»

Most notably Will Allen's Growing Power team in Milwaukee have shown how aquaponics can produce a remarkable amount of high - quality protein and veggies on very limited urban land.

Not exact matches

But Pinsonneault believes these numbers just support the growing notion that land, and scarcity of this limited commodity particularly in downtown, urban centres, is what is pushing up housing prices, not over-valuation.

In poor urban areas, limited access to land for the production of food is another challenge.

However, the urban core definition has expanded to be pretty much anything in the city limits and there is zero land sizable enough downtown and what public land there is very much in use.

Matei Georgescu, associate director of the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, explains that even though satellite - measured land surface temperatures may not be an ideal indicator, this limited data can still help answer research questions.

Because the classic market for the Defender — farmers, the army, authorities — is limited, Land Rover needs to broaden the hardcore off - roader's appeal to urban guerrillas and the fashion - conscious in - crowd who couldn't care less about departure angles and fording depth.

• Improved understanding of climate thresholds and vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptive responses in a variety of different local contexts across the country • Improved understanding of vulnerable populations (e.g., urban poor, native populations on tribal lands) that have limited capacities for responding to climate change • Ways to build adaptive capacity that can be generalized across individuals, communities, and countries • Decision support tools for entities responsible for hazard mitigation and management • Collection of socioeconomic research to inform impact, vulnerability, and adaptation research

Such specific conditions include among others: limited availability of space and the high price of urban land, proximity to large numbers of people (and thus a need for safe production methods), use of urban resources (organic waste and wastewater), and possibilities for direct producer - consumer contacts.

We teach people of all ages how to care for urban land and grow food with limited resources.

Because the land available for house building is limited, the village combines dense urban living in a rural context.

However, retention times of one to two weeks are typical resulting in large footprints which take up limited land resources especially in urban areas.

Strong, pent - up demand for pedestrian - friendly urban communities and a limited supply of such areas are why housing prices in downtown and near - in areas are rising so quickly, according to Christopher Leinberger, a land use strategist and partner in Arcadia Land Co. a leading New Urbanist development firm in Albuquerque that is spearheading the rejuvenation of downtown Albuquerque as a mixed - use communland use strategist and partner in Arcadia Land Co. a leading New Urbanist development firm in Albuquerque that is spearheading the rejuvenation of downtown Albuquerque as a mixed - use communLand Co. a leading New Urbanist development firm in Albuquerque that is spearheading the rejuvenation of downtown Albuquerque as a mixed - use community.

Developing a strategic plan to turn your business around during the downturn is great, but strategic planning should not be limited to just the current phase in the real estate cycle, says Charles Hewlett, managing director with RCLCO Real Estate Advisors in Bethesda, Md., and coauthor of Strategy Planning for Real Estate Companies (Urban Land Institute, 2008).

In Halifax, the combination of strong demand and limited availability of land drove prices upwards in the city's urban neighborhoods, and also led some people to expand their search to bedroom communities in the suburbs.