Sentences with phrase «small urban settlements»

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Since they are under significant settlement pressure, urban centres and conurbations enforce stricter planning measures than small and peripheral municipalities, for example, limiting low - density areas (estates with detached houses) or coordinating zoning with public transport provision.

The villas lies in the urban settlement of Cap d'Artruix only 600 m from bars and restaurants The closest beach is to be found in the small town of Cala»n Bosch 2 km away.

Overall, nearly half of the world's 3.9 billion urban dwellers reside in relatively small settlements with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, while only around one in eight live in the 28 mega-cities with 10 million inhabitants or more.

The existence of an urban heat island effect in a relatively small settlement as Longyearbyen may come as a surprise.

One of the stations often referred to is Point Barrow on the north coast of Alaska, for which a recent study shows that even the small settlement (4600 persons) creates an urban effect (10).

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will announce smaller settlements with mortgage servicers and additional insurance premium increases to cover a $ 688 million hole at the Federal Housing Administration.