Sentences with phrase «on urban sprawl»

Is that a commentary on urban sprawl?

Why not set similar limits on urban sprawl?»

Not exact matches

As urban sprawl encroaches on the world's arable land, and environmental disasters send food prices soaring, innovators are seeking to take agriculture off the farm.

The first thing you'll notice is that Los Angeles is a sprawling metropolis (the inspiration for the term urban sprawl, in fact), which can make deciding on a location a more difficult endeavor than meets the eye.

So that is certainly something that is going on with Houston's big development and urban sprawl, and with climate change storms are getting stronger.

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

The Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged that the green belt was being «eaten away» by urban sprawl and there was a need for the new planned cities rather than relying on further «piecemeal» developments.

A photograph of an insect, plant or animal, tagged with the date and location where it was taken, can provide valuable scientific data, e.g., on how urban sprawl impacts local ecosystems or evidence of local, regional or global climactic shifts.

A statistical analysis of various available data sets for soil consumption and socio - economic development showed that urban sprawl and its impact on soil consumption can not be adequately explained by population growth alone.

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.

In fact, some innovations are already taking place on both sides of the Atlantic to stop urban sprawl, Jaeger points out.

She says that the urban sprawl of San Diego and Los Angeles makes it difficult for the species to move to cooler habitats on its own.

Featuring plenty of eye catching tourist attractions surrounded by the urban sprawl of a community on the decline, Dafoe spends his days desperately trying to keep his business as the manager of a rundown motel above water.

The game is, on the surface, an open - world urban adventure title that fits in pretty well alongside contemporary examples of the genre (GTA, Saints Row, etc); you've got story missions that move the narrative forward and side missions that offer some sort of bonus to your stats or inventory, all conveniently labeled with radar blips on the maps of the sprawling cities you can explore.

Take it beyond the urban sprawl however — or find a few choice freeway on - ramps — and the Golf GTI comes alive.

Urban sprawl has been hard on downtown Amarillo, but there are efforts underway to revitalize it.

Take a look at Brantford, Simcoe and rural cities on outskirts of urban sprawl.

Set on 40 acres of preserved desert landscape at the foothills of Pinnacle Peak and a world away from the urban sprawl of Phoenix, the Four Seasons Scottsdale features 210 Southwestern - inspired rooms, most of which are located within adobe casitas that dot the hotel property.

Unfortunately, land speculation and unregulated urban sprawl threaten to destroy Laguna San Ignacio, one of the last undeveloped gray whale birthing lagoon on the planet.

Those who have played Call of Duty 4 know what to expect on the open building complex of Vacant and the urban sprawl of Strike, but those who memorized each map's layout should be forewarned, Infinity Ward has changed things up just a bit.

Whereas Crysis 2 featured a lot of tighter, urban environments, the original game took place on a sprawling, tropical island and gave you plenty of space to run wild with your state - of - the - art nanosuit abilities.

The Metro Kingdom, on the other hand, is a sprawling urban area, complete with realistically proportioned citizens walking around.

With «Surface Tension,» the artist's new exhibition at James Cohan Gallery (on view through November 30), Taylor continues to evolve her rarefied style, devoting her latest body of work to find surprising instances of transcendence in urban sprawl.

SPRAWL Co-curated by former Houston Center for Contemporary Craft curatorial fellow Susie J. Silbert and former HCCC curator Anna Walker, SPRAWL explores the urban landscape with works by 16 artists presented in three thematic sections loosely based on the three phases of urban growth.

On the walls around My Land hang brownish Wallsprawl wallpaper, made out of repeated photographs of places where wide - open desert meets urban sprawl.

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With an eye to the romantic sublime and another on the burgeoning urban sprawl, Siri Hayes» photographic landscapes are at once lyrical and down - at - heel.

She grew up on the edge of urban sprawl in Phoenix, Arizona, and received her BFA in Photography from the Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts at Arizona State University in 2009.

For our December issue, fellowship recipient Victoria Camblin wrote on the work of architect and real estate developer John Portman as a touchstone that artists react to as they intervene in Atlanta's urban sprawl.

Sprawl: Works by 16 artists who focus on issues of urban landscapes.

He has also used deadpan phrases to evoke life on the road, whether that's an endless stretch of barren highway or the tangle of urban sprawl.

Urban sprawl and subsequent dependency on the polluting automobile was infused into rural American villages nearly four decades ago by Wal Mart and later by its «wannabes».

Tokyo looks big on the map, and from this photo too, but in fact, it is made up of many small «villages» sited around hundreds of subway and commuter rail stations, so I never felt I was living in a massive urban sprawl.

Keep urban sprawl going because the business of America depends on new home construction.

Urban sprawl and use of increased heat producing devices close to met stations is a slow, on - going process, and I doubt if it would be easily seen as a spike in the records of that station.

On the other, there's that unpleasant paternalistic we - need - the - green - belt - to - protect - the - poor - people - from - urban - sprawl brigade, who forget that it's such legislation which locks people into concentrated developments, and precludes them from building for themselves, where they'd like to.

Team ASUNM, a collaborative effort between Arizona State University and University of New Mexico, has come together to address the inefficiencies of urban sprawl and to create a model for sustainable desert living that has been dubbed SHADE (Solar Home Adapting for Desert Equilibrium), which is an entry in the Solar Decathlon 2013 competition that takes place on October 3 - 13, 2013 in Irvine, California.

On the demand side, a better planned city with reduced urban sprawl, greener buildings, and better public transport can reduce a city's carbon footprint while at the same time providing a better quality of life for its citizens and an environment that is more attractive for business.

Putting solar arrays on rooftops, parking lots, and urban brownfields need not contribute to energy sprawl at all while generating significant energy close to where it is needed, eliminating the sprawl precipitated by new transmission lines.

Energy poverty is suffered both by those on the periphery of sprawling urban areas and by those in remote rural villages.

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Thus, it is not enough to push the sales of fuel efficient cars if such a marketing blitz adds more cars on the road and further encourages urban sprawl.

We'll also keep close tabs on the 905 regions: They have the same stake in becoming green, and some major issues, such as urban sprawl and transit, can't be resolved without them.

check one of the electoral maps, you will find welcome on the blue coastal urban sprawl areas that think like you... Us «deplor - rabble» in the red states have rather clearly told y ’ all to back the hell off and leave us in peace... get the hint and don't be dense, it's just bad etiquette.

Known primarily for its staggering level of smog, sprawl - heavy urban planning and inveterate automobile culture, Los Angeles has been slow to bolster its green credentials, having only recently embarked on a series of initiatives aimed at redressing its eco-image.

Our sprawling urban planning has created an infrastructure that locks us into a dependence on small vehicle transportation.

The new crown jewel of shrunken sprawl resides on the third floor of the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center: At more than 6,500 square feet, the stunning depiction of China's most populous city circa 2020 is one of the largest models of its type in the world.

On a damp and dreary afternoon, about 15 people are gathered on a windswept hill overlooking the Bosphorus, standing in a tiny patch of green surrounded by Istanbul's endless urban sprawOn a damp and dreary afternoon, about 15 people are gathered on a windswept hill overlooking the Bosphorus, standing in a tiny patch of green surrounded by Istanbul's endless urban sprawon a windswept hill overlooking the Bosphorus, standing in a tiny patch of green surrounded by Istanbul's endless urban sprawl.

On a given day in Tokyo, the diverse array of people using bicycles here in this urban sprawl of 30 million souls includes: the middle - aged salary man riding to work on his fold - up bike in his business suit every day; the trendy adolescent skipping off to do some window shopping; the stay - at - home mother dropping not one, but two kids off at school; the pack of old men determined not to be late for their morning gate - ball contest; and, the serious cyclist kitted out in tight lycra and a fancy water - bottle poucOn a given day in Tokyo, the diverse array of people using bicycles here in this urban sprawl of 30 million souls includes: the middle - aged salary man riding to work on his fold - up bike in his business suit every day; the trendy adolescent skipping off to do some window shopping; the stay - at - home mother dropping not one, but two kids off at school; the pack of old men determined not to be late for their morning gate - ball contest; and, the serious cyclist kitted out in tight lycra and a fancy water - bottle poucon his fold - up bike in his business suit every day; the trendy adolescent skipping off to do some window shopping; the stay - at - home mother dropping not one, but two kids off at school; the pack of old men determined not to be late for their morning gate - ball contest; and, the serious cyclist kitted out in tight lycra and a fancy water - bottle pouch.

On the whole Green Belt has contained urban sprawl which is pretty necessary in a small country like ours otherwise it would become one large housing estate interspersed with B&Q outlets and Tesco ’s