Sentences with phrase «of urban density»

Including assessment of increases of urban density and possible changes in local circulation patterns?
Matt Battin of Urban Density Lab designed and helped build the exterior rainscreen siding and innovative space - saving components like storage boxes on the back of the house, a removeable 4 - foot porch, counterweighted ladder and slideable storage cabinet.
Of note today: non-exclusive breastfeeding increases the risk of HIV transmission via the alteration of gut microbiome / T - cell activation; Fasting altered the gut microbiome in beneficial ways but only in mice previously fed a high fat diet; An investigation into new species of the honey and bumblebee gut commensal genus Gilliamella; Catfish development shapes gut microbial community structure independent of diet; A metagenomic analysis of the skin microbiome of the frog, Craugastor fitzingeri; The microbiome is altered during the bioremediation of herbicide contaminated soil; The impact of urban density on the soil microbiome; A randomized placebo controlled clinical trial of a microbiota based drug for the prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection; and the virome of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin of Mexico
In his outline, Zimmer is also careful to ascribe this to major U.S. cities, and not the entire country, which includes areas where lack of urban density means that transportation has different patterns.

Not exact matches

Its positions in Southern California, the Chicago region, the Northeast, as well as Florida place it within large population centers, which, according to the DEA, gives it access to «potential high density drug markets that TCOs will look to exploit through the street - level drug distribution activities of urban organized crime groups / street gangs.»
A disconnect between urban infill ambitions in WA and the sector's ability to deliver is hindering the development of medium - density projects.
Not content with designing iconic buildings in his homeland of Denmark, his firm, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), has crossed the Atlantic in a bid to revolutionize the way architects and planners think about high - density urban housing.
Pür Gum — which now has revenues in excess of $ 10 million, about 60 % of which come from outside Canada — soon began to target certain high density U.S. urban regions — New York, parts of California, Florida — all «health hubs» where Klein reckoned he could visit many potential retailers without logging a huge amount of travel time.
Richard Florida, the urban studies theorist and author of «The Rise of the Creative Class» recently cited three particular Boulder ingredients that could help explain its start - up density: «talented people and a high quality of life that keeps them around, technological expertise, and an open - mindedness about new ways of doing things, which often comes from a strong counterculture.»
Researchers of the Canadian study says factors such as work, urban size, population density, economic opportunity or deprivation, and access to and quality of infrastructure, amenities and services may explain the community - level differences in life satisfaction.
«The reality is urban centres have a density of population that allows artists to survive.»
It's been growing nicely in high - density, urban markets and we are bringing in Mono to help us think through the next chapter in the Peroni growth story,» says Pete Marino, president of MillerCoors» craft and imports division, known as Tenth and Blake.
«There's no doubt that Canada is at the forefront of discussion around how to create more vibrant urban centres, increase density and build more sustainable cities,» said council spokesperson Kevin Brass.
For most types of growth, the population density of a business owner's region (urban, rural, or suburban) didn't have any impact on their growth plans.
But the single best predictor of constituency performance for the BES data seems to be population density; UKIP is doing much less well in urban constituencies.
Many high population density urban metropolitan areas now allow some degree of choice against that backdrop.
After adjusting their findings to account for differences in race and ethnicity, sex, age, poverty level, education and urban density of the children's neighborhoods, Keet and her team found that for each microgram / cubic meter increase in coarse particulate matter, asthma diagnosis increased by 0.6 percent, emergency room visits for asthma by 1.7 percent and hospitalizations for asthma by 2.3 percent.
But as it turns out, many people actually like the density of urban environments, precisely because they offer diversity: Peruvian / Japanese fusion restaurants, live performances by Scandinavian doo - wop bands, a thousand quirky bars and cafés teeming with potential friends and crushes.
A University of Georgia study using a new method for calculating urban heat island intensities clarifies the conflict on whether urban density or sprawl amplify these effects more.
Of course, the Fon system is not likely to work except in urban areas where the population density is sufficient to sustain the network; outside those environments, top - down solutions will have to be employed to build the network out.
Joining me was Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser, author of two pieces, who spoke about how, done right, with an emphasis on education, the greater density of humanity afforded by urban living can help us innovate our way out of the problems facing us today.
In a study published in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, the researchers provide evidence to suggest that urban populations have grown more rapidly than the expansion of urban areas, leading to increased population densities in some of the most populated yet vulnerable regions in the world.
«With improved energy density and inherent fire safety, flow batteries could provide long - duration energy storage for the tight confines of urban settings, where space is at a premium,» said Imre Gyuk, energy storage program manager at the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, which funded this research.
The supply of high - density urban housing has increased, but people continue to choose to live in suburbs and commuter towns.
These so - called urban heat islands result from various factors, such as population density, surface sealing, thermal radiation of buildings, industry, and transport as well as lacking vegetation.
«The assumption from past research has been that cities of all sizes will eventually decline in density, with greater amounts of urban expansion than population growth.
«Local politicians have sought to increase town centre populations by encouraging the supply of high density urban housing on almost every available plot of land.
The plans are isolated from broader decisions about the location, density and design of urban development.
It led to profound changes in society, including greater population densities, new diseases, poorer health, social inequality, urban living, and ultimately, the rise of ancient civilizations.
The team evaluated how the duration of active mosquito season following the arrival of an infectious traveler and propensity for biting diverse vertebrate species - where every non-human bite slows the transmission process - influence outbreak potential for different urban densities.
City legislatures have said that creating more urban density would entice some drivers to take the subway instead of their cars, which would in turn greatly reduce the city's emission of greenhouse gasses.
It represents an urban pastiche in which individuals struggle to come to terms with a sense of detachment and loneliness despite the territory's high - density population.
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).
In particular, the income of neighborhood residents and the amenities available near the school both affect teachers» decisions of where to teach, particularly in urban areas with high population - density.
High - priority location areas shall be in high - density, low - economic urban schools; low - density, low - economic rural schools; and schools that earned a grade of «F» or three consecutive grades of «D» pursuant to s. 1008.34.
This focus on higher density urban development is expected to have a major impact on purchasing patterns, resulting in the creation of more affordable housing options.
On islands and in fragmented urban and suburban habitats unnaturally high densities of cats are not only capable of reducing or eradicating populations of birds and small mammals, they can out - compete native predators like foxes and weasels.
Forty of these species are often present in urban or suburban landscapes, where impacts of high cat densities on bird populations have been demonstrated elsewhere.
And about how complex it is to raise a puppy for life in the big city — to raise a puppy into an unflappable adult dog, one who is unfazed by the challenges and surprises and social density of urban living.
The density of cats, for example, is much smaller than what's typically found in urban and suburban areas (and probably many rural areas, too).
Indonesia's province of West Java covers roughly one third of the entire island — you guessed it, the western bit — and this tremendously diverse environment encompasses high - density urban zones, dramatic volcanic peaks, rich colonial heritage, impressive national parks, bounteous agricultural regions, beautiful beaches, and is home to the proud Sundanese people who are endowed with unique cultural and artistic traditions.
Rather than the density of the urban environment that she tends to portray, these new paintings are more suggestive of the earliest brimmings of Spring mosses, barks, and lichens.
In 1959, Mallary took a teaching position at Pratt and moved to New York, where he would combine the brooding weight and density of the New Mexico abstractions with ephemeral urban detritus, creating works that established him among the core artists exploring junk art, such as John Chamberlain, Richard Stankiewicz, Claes Oldenburg and Lee Bontecou.
The open fields and expansive ocean vistas give way to a more dense arrangement of the canvas, putting me in mind of the density of urban life itself.
In 1959 Mallary took a teaching position at Pratt and moved to New York, where he would combine the brooding weight and density of the New Mexico abstractions with ephemeral urban detritus.
Through a series of conversations with the city's leading artists and intellectuals, Maltzan explores such issues as real - estate speculation and future urban development, infrastructure, resources, site density, urban experience, political structure, commerce and community, attempting to transform our understanding of how each affects present - day Los Angeles.
Hong Kong provides with a new urban background for his research as the territory epitomizes many of the issues addressed in Dan Perjovschi's drawings, including the ideas and deconstruction of capitalism, consumption and hyper - density.
Taking advantage of the unique urban landscape and high density of artist studios in DUMBO, Brooklyn, the first Art Under the Bridge Festival included open studios, live music and dance performances, and an art parade.
It will feature a selection of the artist's highly - textured paintings that represent essential features of the urban landscape, especially those of Latin American megacities, where qualities of density, neglect and decay are obvious.
Driss Ouadahi's abstract compositions feature grid patterns with a density that evokes the tightly woven networks of high - rise urban housing projects, subways and fences.
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