Sentences with phrase «low population density of»

In Papua, the location and relatively low population density of villages without access makes them prime candidates for mini - and off - grid technologies, powered mostly by renewables - based generation (predominantly solar and small - scale hydropower).

This could explain how a relatively low population density of cats could have a major impact at a landscape scale, if fire regimes are inappropriate36, 37.

It's not shocking that this nature - based survivalist show would be popular in Alaska, which has the lowest population density of any US state.

Despite its small size, it has the lowest population density of any country in Central America, at around 35 people per square mile, so you won't have to worry about crowds.

With the lowest population density of any country in Central America, and also the fastest growth rate, Belize is a gem to behold for travel or moving abroad.

More than 80 percent of Belize remains covered in forests and jungles, and the country has the lowest population density of any nation in Central America.

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for Transport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarine Airport.

The lowest possible population density for a state to have a majority of electors in the Electoral College would be Alaska with a population density of 347.48 pp / mi ^ 2.

«The Lewiston Queenston is a better option for the following reasons: the Peace Bridge currently has a high political profile because of bridge expansion efforts, the Lewiston Queenston is situated in a lower residential population density area and has more area for conducting inspections when exiting customs,» the state official wrote.

The West Mayo electoral area has the lowest population density out of all of the 137 electoral areas in the state, with a population density of 13.9 people per km2.

Like other locusts, desert locusts can switch from a solitary phase with low population densities during recessions (periods of calm), to a gregarious phase with high population densities during invasions, when hopper bands and swarms can devastate agriculture.

After pondering reports that humans practicing non-ritual cannibalism lived in «nutritionally marginal areas,» she proposed that consuming other humans might have provided low - density populations with 5 to 10 percent of their protein requirements.

One confounding factor, cautions geographer Margaret Skutsch of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Morelia, is that many remaining indigenous territories are in remote, humid tropical forests with low population densities, meaning that lack of development pressure, rather than effective management, may explain why such forests have remained standing.

The researchers found that at lower densities, the populations took longer to return to previous levels after being shocked with a dose of salt — which can harm or kill yeast — in their growth medium.

In a 2013 laboratory study, physicist Jeff Gore of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge took a step in that direction by predicting when yeast colonies were about to die of stress because of low population densities.

«Given the likelihood that the California sea lion population is approaching carrying capacity, density - dependent effects such as food limitation (and stranding) of pups may be a long - term consequence of a rebuilt sea lion population during periods of low abundance of high - quality forage,» the scientists wrote.

Among Northwestern cities, the Canadian metropolis, which is home to more than 2.3 million residents, has the highest population density; the greatest rates of cycling, walking and transit riding; and the fewest cars per capita, plus the highest life expectancy, lowest teen birth rate and lowest poverty rate.

Firstly, for land - based volcanoes it is hard to carry out large - scale observations using artificial earthquakes because of the population density, and it is also difficult to detect giant magma buildups with precise visualization because they are often at relatively low depths (roughly 10 km).

In 2008 a federal recovery plan stated that the white abalone «was driven to such low levels during the height of the commercial fishery that adults do not occur in high enough densities to successfully reproduce, contributing to repeated recruitment failure and an effective population size near zero.»

«Our study shows that Lake Erie contains a patchwork of low and high - density fish populations,» said Paris Collingsworth, a Great Lakes Ecosystem Specialist with Sea Grant.

According to the thesis, apart from its environmental benefits, a rainwater harvesting system would allow an average saving of 119 Euros per year in the city of Barcelona, with savings ranging from 80 Euros and 158 Euros per year depending on the type of district (greater or lower population density in relation to the type of buildings).

The vast majority of patients — 93 percent — were insured, while 7 percent, or 2,578, lacked coverage; they tended to be younger, male, non-white and unmarried, and more likely to be from regions of lower median income, educational level, and population density.

For this reason, this type of rainwater harvesting system is particularly recommendable in districts with high population densities, such as (in Barcelona) Sants, Verdun, Sagrada Família, Sant Antoni or el Guinardó, whose consumption of resources per m3 is up to 40 % lower than that of districts like Pedralbes, Sarrià, la Clota, el Bon Pastor, Vall d'Hebron or Vallvidrera.

Professor Eric Fèvre, Chair of Veterinary Infectious Diseases at the University's Institute of Infection and Global Health said: «Although Laikipia County camel density is low relative to more northern regions of Kenya, our study suggests the population is sufficient to maintain high rates of viral transmission and that camels may be constantly re-infected and serve as long term carriers of the virus.

«Modelling has been used to help develop forecasting systems to predict flood risk around the shallower southern regions of the North Sea, where the coastal margin is low - lying and population density is high.

Although they occur at low densities, the golden eagle can be found throughout the western third of North America, from the western edge of the Great Plains to the Pacific Coast and from Alaska south to Mexico; a small population also is present in northeastern Canada.

In California, both NME and pertussis clusters were associated with factors characteristic of high socioeconomic status such as lower population density; lower average family size; lower percentage of racial or ethnic minorities; higher percentage of high school, college, or graduate school graduates; higher median household income; and lower percentage of families in poverty.

Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, however, have devastating consequences when they hit land due to a combination of factors such as a low - lying and flat coastal terrain, a shallow ocean floor, and a high population density of surrounding countries.

They've always had low population densities because of the harsh environments they live in, but human activity has made their situation even worse.

The low density culture protocol helps in generating larger number of CD133 + endothelial population from initially fewer CD133 + endothelial progenitor cells; EPCs (Figure S1).

This isolated wedge of backcountry — almost as big as New Jersey, yet traversed by a single paved highway — is known as the Arizona Strip, and it has one of the lowest population densities in the forty - eight conterminous states.

In fact, it's in the lowest quarter of states for population density.

Though population density might be lower in Alaska or Montana, Vermont insurance is still relatively low in part because of its diminutive total population.

The use of poison baits can reduce cat density, but even low levels of cat predation can exterminate threatened mammal populations, such as when cats killed at least seven bilbies reintroduced outside the Arid Recovery reserve in South Australia.

Territoriality also dampens growth of predator populations, contributing to the lagged response of predator to prey population growth and allowing fluctuating prey populations time to recover from low density in systems with linked predator and prey population dynamics3, 6,7,8.

We argue that the behavioural capacity of feral cats to undertake long - distance excursions to exploit transient hunting opportunities results in significantly higher total predator pressure on prey, and helps to explain how low - density cat populations could have large impacts on small - mammal abundance at landscape scales.

The country of Belize, formerly known as the British Honduras, is the northernmost nation of Central America and has the lowest population density.

Ideal for gastronomy -, but also for road trip lovers, as the region covers over 27,000 m2 (almost 30 % of the country) and has an extremely low population density, which makes driving around the region a real pleasure.

Belize has one of the lowest population densities in Central America, and around 25 % of it is protected as parks and reserves.

The density of females on Sea Lion Island was quite low (about 110 females per km of the coastline suitable for breeding) compared to densities recorded in other sub-Antarctic populations: this low level of crowding of females probably depends on the small population size and the abundance of sandy beaches with a gentle slope, which are the preferred breeding habitat for elephant seal.

Belize is not just a country with one of the lowest population densities in the world but it is also a country with an excellent environmental strategy.

But these countries exceed SE Asia because of their low population densities.

In a recent study on Low and Medium Density Development, Landscape Architects Wes Michaels and Ebru Ozer found that, «Mid-sized resorts offer more opportunities to balance the demands of resort tourism with the environment and the cultural needs of the local population... The environmental savings are also beneficial for the economic vitality of the individual resorts as well as the long term sustainability of the entire region in relationship to tourism.»

Despite the small size of Belize, it has the lowest population density in Central America.

Our volunteer abroad projects are situated in the remote areas of the world and we focus on countries and regions with the lowest population densities.

Raja Ampat in Indonesia is smack bang in the middle of the the Coral Triangle and being both remote, and having one of the lowest population densities makes this area simply stunning in respect of the unspoilt nature of the marine environment.

Being both remote, and having one of the lowest population densities makes Raja Ampat simply stunning in respect of the unspoilt nature of the marine environment.

«The analysis showed that areas of New York with lower median incomes, higher individual and family poverty rates, higher population densities, and denser built environments were associated with a higher concentration of injurious traffic crashes,» the study found.

Much of the high - potential onshore wind resources are located in low - population - density areas (i.e., the Great Plains).

For instance, if you compare neighboring thermometers around the world, and also compare their population densities (as a rough indication of UHI influence), it can be easily demonstrated that substantial average UHI warming occurs even at low population densities, about ~ 1 deg.