Sentences with phrase «sprawled urban growth»

Not exact matches

With new «density» targets favouring multi-family housing, designated urban growth areas and tougher environmental rules, the 2006 plan sought to check urban sprawl while supporting the area's further growth as North America's major economic hub.

But it could be the nucleus of a complete neighborhood, one which has a church community at its enter, and the potential to promote growth in an urban rather than suburban sprawl pattern (much as the most beautiful parts of contemporary London grew in the 17th and 18th centuries around small residential - square developments).

In the most recent elections cycle, the «Preserve» parties have given Rockland voters a chance to vote for candidates favoring controlled growth as opposed to the proliferation of unchecked urban sprawl that one finds in some parts of Ramapo.

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.

In a study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by atmospheric scientists Logan Mitchell and John Lin report that suburban sprawl increases CO2 emissions more than similar population growth in a developed urban core.

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.

For this series of photographs, all hand - printed silver gelatin prints, Laurence Cunnane looks towards the city of Guangzhou — its voracious growth and rapid urban sprawl.

In particular, Hatakeyama has routinely returned to the Tokyo - Yokohama metropolis, exploring this ever - evolving urban sprawl from both below and above, mapping the growth and expansion of these sites over time.

Drawing upon the tradition of 18th - century travel books, Smithson here presented «anti-monuments,» tributes to suburban sprawl and urban growth that exemplified the decay and deterioration of all things: «One's mind and the earth are in a constant state of erosion, mental rivers wear away abstract banks, brain waves undermine cliffs of thought, ideas decompose into stones of unknowing, and conceptual crystallizations break apart into deposits of gritty reason.»

The growth of urban sprawl around the station

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To make a difference, the rest of the country has to adopt responsible growth policies, eliminate further urban sprawl, promote bicycle and pedestrian access, and emphasize mass transit over the construction of new roads.

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As for the challenges Realtors face in the St. John's market, Williams and Hollett say that growth in St. John's has lead to urban sprawl.

During his two years as top official for the county, which encompasses the high - growth Orlando area, he appointed a task force to look at sprawl and urban redevelopment issues and another to look at affordable housing issues.

There's no silver bullet for solving smart growth and urban sprawl issues, but a multifaceted approach can bring rewards, said speakers at the session «Smart Growth Is a Commercial Business Issue.&growth and urban sprawl issues, but a multifaceted approach can bring rewards, said speakers at the session «Smart Growth Is a Commercial Business Issue.&Growth Is a Commercial Business Issue.»

Portland has an urban growth boundary to control city sprawl, says Frank.

A Toronto land transfer tax would make this situation even worse, which in turn would mean less growth in Toronto's taxable assessment base and more urban sprawl resulting in increased commuter gridlock, pollution and frustration levels,» Meehan says.

The advocacy group recently ranked 83 major metropolitan areas for sprawl, which it defines as «unplanned urban growth that happens outside the existing infrastructure.»