Sentences with phrase «major urban populations»

While most cases of TB occur in developing countries, it is also reemerging as a threat in major urban populations in Europe, due to the increase in global travel.

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For instance, recent research strongly suggests that in modern urban populations, the human microbiome has undergone major changes since the Industrial Revolution.

Elizabeth Addis, assistant professor of biology at Gonzaga University, and three senior biology majors are spending this summer researching why the local population of yellow - bellied marmots — those gregarious, burrowing rodents ubiquitous near the Spokane River — are not only surviving but thriving in the urban areas of Spokane.

The health effects of air pollution are a major concern for urban populations all over the world.

The development of the Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area precinct will include both a major residential and business area with a proposed density of 32 000 people / square kilometres (equivalent to Manhattan's population density).

Unlike many urban districts which have struggled with major declines in student enrollment, Wichita's student population increased by nearly 1,100 students since 2009 (up to 51,133 in 2015).

After World War II, populations shifted from the city to the suburbs and newly built highways cut through thriving neighborhoods, leaving isolated pockets within major urban centers.

Calvin says, «It is difficult to imagine any D - O event — even the smaller and exponentially relaxing 8200 - yr event — as not having major consequences in the present - day world, dependent as we are on efficiently feeding a huge urban population without interruptions.»

The Midwest has a population of more than 61 million people (about 20 % of the national total) and generates a regional gross domestic product of more than $ 2.6 trillion (about 19 % of the national total).14 The Midwest is home to expansive agricultural lands, forests in the north, the Great Lakes, substantial industrial activity, and major urban areas, including eight of the nation's 50 most populous cities.

Thanks to this smart and sophisticated system, Singapore is one of the least congested major cities in the world, despite a growing urban population and limited physical space.

While rapid population growth in any urban centre provides major challenges for its local government, the need here is to develop the capacity of local governments to manage this with climate change adaptation in mind.

Located in the East Bay Area of the Pacific Ocean, its economy as a major port city with one of the country's most ethnically diverse populations has resulted in a show of urban muscle pushing it into the 21st Century.

Now, more than a decade later, come 2 landmark studies: (a) a replication of the nurse home visitation programme model applied to a major urban area with a minority population and (b) a 15 year follow up of the original study.

Health - related quality of life and its determinants in the urban Russian population with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional study

Conventional wisdom In many ways, Coral Ridge is nothing more than a conventional mall: an enclosed center with anchors, specialty retailers and amenities, surrounded by parking, and located close to urban population centers along major highway and surface street access routes.

The report concludes that «the increasing population share of those 55 and over in all major urban areas provides a solid demographic underpinning that is critical to the condo market's longer term health.»