Sentences with phrase «many urban residents»

But while we certainly haven't solved every issue facing urban residents, there is an urgency and energy toward improving economic opportunity in cities that is lacking in the discussion about rural communities.

Furthermore, in many developing countries price regulation in favor of providing cheap food for urban residents has been a devastating disincentive for food producers to increase their production.

How does a farmworker compare with an urban resident working on the same wage tier when it comes to protections and programs?

But while the strategy is getting a warm welcome in other communities, back home in Albany concerns are building about the urban residents it leaves behind, and economic development officials maintain that its very success so far is a compelling reason for more state investment.

In spite of such known urban pressures on health as air and water pollution, water shortage, overcrowding, poor housing, the stresses of city transportation and the generally accelerated pace of city life, there is no substantial evidence from the National Health Survey that the overall health of the urban resident is worse than that of the rural resident.

A 1 - mile walking distance for urban and rural residents or a 10 - minute drive for urban residents and 20 - minute drive for rural residents were considered reasonable availability to a WIC retailer.

Equally, instead of encouraging low - tech traditional farming methods it may be preferable to focus on improving high - yield mechanised agriculture on the most fertile farmland to feed the new urban residents, whilst allowing mountainsides and other marginal lands to revert to forest.

Shops and other services are more concentrated in town and city neighbourhoods, and urban residents are much more likely to use public transport, share heating and housing, and have lower carbon footprints than their rural brethren.

«Our study explains why cities suffer even more during extreme heat events and highlights the heat risks that urban residents face now and in the projected future.»

Massive pumps in the southern end of the delta suck nearly 10 billion cubic meters of water per year from the delta and send it to farmers in the Central Valley and urban residents in Southern California.

That means the average rural consumer ends up subsidizing power for urban residents by 240 to 510 rupees ($ 4 to $ 8) per year, according to a study in Karnataka state done by Rahul Tongia, a fellow at Brookings India.

They also did not consider the health benefits associated with urban residents who use transit and walk more, and therefore may get more exercise than their suburban counterparts.

The study also found that black, Hispanic, and low - income students, students whose parents attained low levels of education, and urban residents were most likely to make the change.

Governor Walker and County Chief Executive Abele could design a regional public transportation system that would make suburban jobs accessible for urban residents.

Not surprisingly, support for school choice programs is often twice as high among urban residents as it is among suburban ones.

The owner of a vacation condo rental unit near DFW International Airport will have different coverage needs than an urban resident owner or UT Dallas college student who rents a place to live during the school year.

The adoptions indicate strong demand for cats among Canadian urban residents, a promising sign.

«The Crissy Field Center hosted the first AGO youth listening session in the Bay Area where 200 youth attended to discuss challenges and potential solutions on how to engage youth and urban residents in the outdoors in the 21st century,» said Pepito.

DAP aims to engage a wide audience, and bridge the gap between urban residents and the critical art establishment.»

Congo's urban residents constantly engage in inventing new social spaces to bypass or overcome breakdown, exclusion, poverty and violence.

As industrialization began to spread, Moran's paintings of nature provided an accessible and direct experience and reflected a developing nostalgia among urban residents for the serenity of rural places.

It's a challenge sustaining this kind of awareness, similar to that of Brazil engaging its southern urban residents with its vast Amazon rain forest.

In June 2005, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that urban and peri-urban farms — those within or immediately adjacent to a city — supply food to some 700 million urban residents worldwide.

It is estimated (UNDP 1996; FAO 1999) that 200 million urban residents provide food for the market and 800 million urban dwellers are actively engaged in urban agriculture in one way or another.

Urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry may be suitable strategies to address the triple challenge of climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as the provision of basic services, including food; to a growing number of urban residents.

The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter.

RenewableUK quoted a recent Ipsos MORI poll that found 68 % of rural residents backed the use of wind power, compared to 66 % of urban residents.

We see a profusion of community gardens where urban residents have daily interactions with soil, water and living things.

Working with cities, Motivate has helped bring the benefits of bike share to more urban residents and visitors.

Some urban residents, sick of fast food and the scarcity of grocery stores, have decided to grow good food for themselves.

Motivate's team of sponsorship, marketing, technology and creative experts works closely with brands to ensure each sponsorship brings the brand to life, aligns with the brand's values and goals and offers the brand unparalleled opportunity to connect with urban residents in an authentic and meaningful way.

With more and more urban residents opting to use a bike to commute to work, more and more cyclists are sharing the roads with motorists.

Car insurance is not just for urban residents, however.

Unfortunately, many urban residents of Washington, DC discover their homeowners or business insurance policy did not include enough fire protection until the blaze dies out and the damage is done.

• Women over men • Adults over teenagers • Rural residents over urban residents • Parents and those who are married over most single drivers

Ask any urban resident of his / her experience in a private hospital and you will be hear how he / she paid huge sums of money only to get below satisfactory treatment or over treatment, of dubious quality and with little respect.

For residents of rural areas — Rs. 10000, semi-urban residents — Rs. 25000, urban residents — 50000 and metro residents - Rs. 1lakh.

Urban residents and those living in areas prone to environmental hazards tend to pay higher rates.

The owner of a vacation condo rental unit near DFW International Airport will have different coverage needs than an urban resident owner or UT Dallas college student who rents a place to live during the school year.

On average, males and urban residents show slightly better subjective well - being scores than their female and rural counterparts.

A cross-sectional comparison study on the iodine nutritional status between rural and urban residents in Zhejiang Province, China

Greater male travel distances have been described for hunter - gatherer foraging ranges (Greaves 2006; Hurtado et al. 1992; Marlowe 2010; Tanno 1976), mating and exploration ranges (MacDonald and Hewlett 1999; Vashro and Cashdan 2015), and customary weekly travel among urban residents (Ecuyer - Dab and Robert 2004a).

To be specific, urban residents in Nanchang and Shenyang reported more WFC than those in Chongqing, Wuhan, and Taiyuan; and urban residents in Lanzhou reported more than those in Chongqing and Wuhan.

Meanwhile, urban residents in Chongqing, Lanzhou, Wuhan, and Taiyuan reported more WFE than those in Nanchang, Shenyang, and Guangzhou.

Disharmonious spouses and harmonious siblings: conceptualising household formation among urban residents in Qwaqwa

As more people choose to move into the city to minimise commute time, maximise security and convenience; so do these urban residents look for more out of their cities than before.

Urban residents are also moving to the small southeastern Pennsylvania cities of York and Lancaster in what many people know as Amish Country.

Some market pundits are concerned about the crisis of affordability in downtown Seattle housing noting only 57 resale units listed for sale in a city of more than 70,000 urban residents.

In the renovated shells of warehouses and factories built when tobacco was king in North Carolina, Durham has fashioned a chic downtown that salutes its history while welcoming a new generation of companies and urban residents.

Not exact matches

That same rural / urban divide is evident in my home state — Missouri — where as many as 60 % of rural residents lack access to high - speed Internet.