Sentences with phrase «other major urban areas»

Job opportunities may be more prevalent in the Atlanta metro and in other major urban areas like Savannah, Columbus, Athens and Macon.

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The area also includes the Staten Island Ferry terminal and has a slightly more urban, sometimes even hip, feel than other parts of the decidedly suburban borough: A major waterfront revitalization project will include «MRKTPL,» touted as «Staten Island's first artisanal food hall» and set to open in 2017.

Major universities located in urban areas with other top - level schools are not actively recruiting dual - career couples, unless it is to secure a star in a certain field, Nerad said.

In the Department of Homeland Security's BioWatch program, mailbox - size machines gather air in major urban areas to be tested for DNA of smallpox, anthrax, plague - causing Yersina pestis, and other pathogens on a federal list.

Beijing, like some other cities in Asia, has significant problems with air quality, and may be 10 - 50 times more polluted than some major urban areas in the U.S. with air concerns, such as the Los Angeles basin.

This is due to a phenomenon called the urban heat island effect that causes air temperatures in New York City and other major cities to be warmer than in neighboring suburbs and rural areas.

Major Environmental Issues: Erosion resulting from inadequate flood controls and improper land use practices; irrigated soil degradation; desertification; air pollution in Buenos Aires and other major cities; water pollution in urban areas; rivers becoming polluted due to increased pesticide and fertilizerMajor Environmental Issues: Erosion resulting from inadequate flood controls and improper land use practices; irrigated soil degradation; desertification; air pollution in Buenos Aires and other major cities; water pollution in urban areas; rivers becoming polluted due to increased pesticide and fertilizermajor cities; water pollution in urban areas; rivers becoming polluted due to increased pesticide and fertilizer use.

This can be traced to the lack of major urban areas, among other differences.

Other growth pockets include so - called satellite cities on the outskirts of major urban areas, such as Eko - Atlantic (Nigeria), Hope City (Ghana), and Konza City (Kenya).