Sentences with phrase «on cities and regions»

The goal of future ND - GAINs is even more progressive, with the hopes that next year's report will look beyond just whole countries and focus on cities and regions so as to better prepare the countries for climate disruption.

Though the 860,000 who travel to Australia in 2020 is tiny in comparison, the impact on our cities and regions will be evident.

It remains to be seen what will become of her still - tentative imprint on the city and region.

Not exact matches

These government workers are focused on how to make cities, towns and economic regions prosper.

Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate investments in their cities and regions.

The city's 2012 draft plan to revitalize the local economy, «A Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs,» concluded that the city's future rests on its ability to compete with other regions around the globe.

Barcelona has its Mediterranean port, its Gaudí treasures, and since 2011, a mayor who is busy transforming the cultural gem of Spain's Catalonia region into the smartest «smart city» on the planet.

What we're really talking about with IP - specific advertising is geo - targeting: the method of determining the geolocation of a website visitor and delivering different content to that visitor based on his or her current location, such as country, region or state, city, or metro code or zip code; organization; IP address; internet service provider (ISP) or other criteria.

Speaking to Business Insider on Tuesday, the Metro Mayor for the Liverpool City Region said there will be a strong case for cities like Liverpool and Manchester to opt out from aspects of a hard Brexit if Northern Ireland is allowed to mirror EU trade and customs arrangements after exit day in March, 2019.

Both Rotheram and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham have called on northern city regions to be given more say in Brexit negotiations between Britain and the EU.

East's fourth major snowstorm this month swept through the region with heavy snow and high winds on Wednesday, snarling flights and commuter travel, closing schools and triggering emergency declarations in New York City and New Jersey.

In effect, you'd be stripping cities and city - regions of real earnings with which they could reinvest and effectively transferring those earnings to keep other places on life support.

Situated right on the Atlantic Coast, the city boasts a diversified economy and the kind of natural beauty that landlocked regions envy.

General Electric on Wednesday announced it will move its headquarters to Boston, making the iconic industrial giant the biggest company ever to relocate to the city and cementing the region's reputation as a magnet for innovation.

Ontario's measures, which were retroactive to April 21, include a 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region, expanded rent controls and legislation allowing Toronto and other cities to tax vacant homes.

«We need to continue to educate investors and continue to talk about what's going on in the Kansas City region.

Based on the customer residential areas and buying habits, you have the option to select the specific regions or cities in case you have a limited budget for the campaign.

The loss of Raqqa is another symbol of ISIS» loosening chokehold on the region — having previously lost cities throughout Syria and Iraq, including Mosul.

Writing in The New York Times, Ross Douthat urges Amazon to think outside the box and select a city not on the basis of empty promises and publicity, but on the basis of what's good for the region and the country.

Similarly, clashes along the church - state boundary are shaped by the particular religious makeup of the region — as when the LDS Church attempted to regulate what could be said and distributed on the streets near Salt Lake City's Temple Square, or when a state judge in Alabama decided to display the Ten Commandments outside his courthouse.

This of course, would remind those in Luke's day of the large scale preparations that went on to prepare a city and the surrounding region for the coming of a king.

Then Jesus turns the issue of defilement or purity on its head by going into the gentile territory of Tyre and Sidon, two coastal cities in Phoenicia and north of the Galilean region.

It is open five days a week, 24 hours a day, and prides itself on offering the freshest produce to New York City's secondary wholesalers, such as A&J Produce Corp., and the region's upscale restaurants, restaurant suppliers and bodegas.

Since Africa was one of the few major curry regions I was unable to visit personally, I did the next best thing and dined years ago at an Ethiopian restaurant in New York City, the Blue Nile on West 77th Street.

Spurred into action, the capital of the Catalonia region has shown its determination to be on the side of the doers, and will hopefully encourage other cities and regions in Spain to follow suit.

NOLA On Tap (September 24)-- The largest beer festival in the region, this one - day - only event welcomes more than 25,000 brew - lovers and their dogs to New Orleans City Park to kick off Oktoberfest in New Orleans and benefit the Louisiana SPCA.

Based in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan province in Southwestern China, unlike other companies that targeted eastern and coastal regions in China, the company's growth leveraged on the emerging and fast growing cities in southern, western and central parts of China before tapping into more established eastern and coastal regions.

This graphic depicts the carbon intensity of shipping wine from various global wine regions to key U.S. cities and bases its data on a seriously flawed, two - year - old working paper that is filled with untested assumptions, has not been peer reviewed, and does not accurately reflect the complexities of greenhouse gas emissions in the wine sector.

In the Battle of Los Angeles over the city's and region's history, both on and off the soccer field, there is no contest: the Galaxy and their Carson - centered home are clear champions.

The England international, who joined Manchester City for a fee believed to be in the region of # 49million earlier in the summer, has scored just once since his move and spurned a number of golden opportunities against Serie A giants Juventus in their Champions League opener on Tuesday night.

The school was famous in 1995 when a movie called «Dangerous Minds» featuring actress Michelle Pfeiffer was based on a true story about Carlmont HS during a time when East Palo Alto was the murder capital city in the nation and there were 4 regions that segregated each students to attend (4) public high schools in the Sequoia District: Menlo - Atherton, Woodside, Sequoia and Carlmont.

It has been reported the deal for the central midfielder could cost in the region of # 40million as Chelsea manager Antonio Conte looks to further strengthen the Premier League champions following the arrivals of centre - back Antonio Rudiger from Roma and veteran goalkeeper Willy Caballero, on a free transfer, from Manchester City.

As Jane Jacobs first pointed out in her book «Cities and the Wealth of Nations,» individual communities may falter or excel on their own, but an entire region rises, stagnates, or falls together.

Kennedy: «I'm disappointed with the addition of the 63rd Senate seat, besides adding to the cost of government, it was put in a place that has no impact on western New York and quite frankly has no impact on the population shift in New York state and if there was going to be an additional seat added that despite the fact that I disagree with you that the Constitution was in fact violated and you say that it was not violated — the fact that this additional seat adding to the cost and size of government was added to a place in the Capital Region rather than a place where distinctly the population grew down in New York City I believe was based upon the fact that had an additional district been added in the city where the population shift had come from it would have included that seat being an additional minority seat and that is why it was put up in the Capital Region and rather than in the New York City aCity I believe was based upon the fact that had an additional district been added in the city where the population shift had come from it would have included that seat being an additional minority seat and that is why it was put up in the Capital Region and rather than in the New York City acity where the population shift had come from it would have included that seat being an additional minority seat and that is why it was put up in the Capital Region and rather than in the New York City aCity area.

Moreover, EVEL does not engage with on - going reforms in the other nations of the UK nor within England, appearing designed to operate in parallel, rather than in tandem, with other policies such as devolution to England's cities and regions and the wider Northern Powerhouse agenda.

This is an interesting move forward in the debate about devolving power and responsibility to city regions, if based on the right kind of formal structures.

First, there is the need to abolish the State monopoly on integration; cities, regions, professional associations and NGOs should get access to the European decision - making and resources.

So we will have Foreign Office teams on the ground in every city where England has a game; we are reinforcing our Embassy staff with consular colleagues from around the region and have further staff on standby, including from our Embassy in Portugal; we have an excellent website providing World Cup Travel advice; we will be using social media to provide instantaneous advice and respond to queries; and we will work with the FA and the Football Supporters Federation to provide information on travelling in Brazil.»

However, at the end of the day, in order to work the new structures that will emerge from the Deals (including elected City Region mayors) will have to take root in the local communities, and have the people behind them — at the polls in local and city region elections; but also on a daily baCity Region mayors) will have to take root in the local communities, and have the people behind them — at the polls in local and city region elections; but also on a daily Region mayors) will have to take root in the local communities, and have the people behind them — at the polls in local and city region elections; but also on a daily bacity region elections; but also on a daily region elections; but also on a daily basis.

A directly - elected metro mayor will have powers and responsibilities to make strategic decisions across whole city regions, in contrast to existing city mayors (which are also directly elected) or local council leaders that only make decisions for, and on behalf of, their local authority.

On the one hand, advocates suggest that a directly elected mayor would create greater local political accountability and raise the profile of cities and city regions.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan: «It's such an honor for the Albany Symphony Orchestra to be performing on a national stage, and I think that it demonstrates the quality and the caliber of the arts here, not just in the city of Albany, but in the Capital Region.

Understanding how the city - region performs on key areas such as productivity and employment will help the new metro mayor to assess what they should prioritise.

The introduction of metro mayors, on the other hand, was part of the Conservative Party manifesto ahead of the 2015 general election, and part of their wider plan to devolve more powers from national government to city regions.

Keep up - to - date with the latest research, news and developments on the case for city region transport investment.

For one thing, notes the American Petroleum Institute, the proposed ban on drilling on state - owned land and within the watershed areas serving New York City and Syracuse would leave «much of the Marcellus Shale region off - limits to responsible development.»

The metro mayor's job is to focus on wider issues that span across city regions, such as transport, regeneration and economic growth.

We can also move on from the leaked list of pro- and anti-Corbyn MPs and take a look at the average majority of the 23 MPs who, by our reckoning, backed Corbyn in last summer's contest — a figure, incidentally, that does not include Clive Lewis, who since seems to have departed the fold, and Steve Rotheram who we assume will leave the Commons after being elected Mayor of Liverpool City Region.

On 3 November, Greater Manchester's 10 metropolitan councils and the government reached a «trailblazing agreement» to devolve powers to a combined city region authority, shortly to be headed by an elected mayor.

In May, the metro mayor will take on strategic powers over housing, transport and planning and will need to manage and sustain the city region's strengths in these areas.