Sentences with phrase «road expansion»

Researchers have created a «large - scale zoning plan'that aims to limit the environmental costs of road expansion while maximizing its benefits for human development.
Most developing nations have ambitious plans for road expansion, often designed to promote economic growth.
They say that proactive and strategic planning to reduce environmental damage should be central to any discussion about road expansion.
Once the way is open, waves of legal and illegal road expansion follow.
It's vital because we're facing the most explosive era of road expansion in human history,» he said.
The coalition that gathered outside the governor's office today also called on him to make sure that the MTA and Port Authority allocate 30 percent of all contracts for the planned Long Island Rail Road expansion, the Newark Airport Terminal A redevelopment and the conversion of the Farley Post Office into the Moynihan Train Hall.
Supporting global and local forest policies that limit road expansion; regulate hunting, extraction, and development; invest in restoration and protected areas; and help secure indigenous communities» land tenure rights.
Without rampant road expansion, tropical forests around the world would not be vanishing at a rate of 50 football fields a minute, an assault that imperils myriad species and spews billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases...
«So much road expansion today is unplanned or chaotic, and we badly need a more proactive approach.
It depends on time of day, traffic including road expansion in Lihue and whether you use these two Kauai shortcuts during peak travel times:
Rebel road expansion brings deforestation to remote Colombian Amazon With the demobilization of Colombia's...
His three - bedroomed flat at Lagos State Development and Property Corporation Low Income Estate on Oba Ogunji Road, Agege, is among 18 flats to be pulled down to make way for road expansion and a new flyover along the axis embarked upon by the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos.
«We're living in the most active era of infrastructure and road expansion in human history.
«One can't avoid the conclusion that many ambitious schemes for road expansion are veering dangerously off - track,» said Dr Alamgir.
«Our study also shows that in large parts of the world, such as the Amazon, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar, the environmental costs of road expansion are massive,» said Christine O'Connell from the University of Minnesota, USA.
The Saen Saab Canal is one of the few canals in Bangkok that has survived the tide of road expansion, unlike other canals in the city which have been filled up.
Deforestation in developing countries is frequently driven by agriculture, logging, and road expansion.
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