Sentences with phrase «urban centres for»

Some of these communities have fought tirelessly to obtain these services in their regions, and while few communities are equipped with the infrastructure to provide these crucial primary health services, those that do may again be required to travel to urban centres for treatment as a result of climate change.

Rockhampton is a major urban centre for Central Queensland government and larger businesses including mining and other natural resources companies.

Not exact matches

Massive floods across southern Alberta aren't just wreaking havoc for evacuees in urban centres.

«There are a lot of restrictions to opening a large store in an urban market — zoning restrictions, unions... The Shoppers brand, already having these stores dotting just about every major centre in the country, is an absolutely fantastic delivery mechanism for PC products.»

Arifuzzaman, the retail analyst, thinks now may be the time for Target to consider cutting loose its money - losing locations, particularly those outside major urban centres.

First Capital Realty is well known for our bricks and mortar shopping centres that help urban neighborhoods flourish.

For us, shopping centres are part of creating thriving urban neighbourhoods.

Some urban areas have earned a reputation as high - tech hubs, but smaller centres such as Whitby and Prince Edward County, both east of Toronto, are proving they have the right stuff for high - tech startups, too.

This agreement also expands on Walmart Canada's commitment to make grocery shopping easier for customers in urban centres like Vancouver — where there may not be convenient access to a Walmart Supercentre — and for customers who prefer to shop online.

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And, at the same time, neither of Alberta's major urban centres expresses a strong preference for regulation, following the overall pattern for the province:

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Edmonton - Centre: Urban Development Institute executive director Nicole Martel is seeking the PC nomination scheduled for January 24, 2012.

While in use at the demonstration centre, the panels showcased distributed solar power for homes in British Columbia, bringing to life «practical solutions for urban sustainability, [and how to] move away from fossil fuels.»

Women who attended an urban medical centre providing prenatal care for a economically diverse population in the Bronx, New York City.

Whilst the significance of getting councillors in the northern city centre councils can be overstated by commentators (when there is a Conservative presence in the surrounding urban areas), this is still very symbolic, and encouraging news for Conservatives in the North West.

Arianna Giovannini is Senior Lecturer in Local Politics in the Department of Politics and Public Policy, De Montfort University, where she is a member of the Local Governance Research Unit (LRGU) and the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA).

The comparative framework included the seminal work of German and Japanese urban climatologists, as well as the more recent climate policy initiatives of New York City and the City of Manchester.The project was a collaboration between MARC and the Centre for History of Science Technology and Medicine.

The current framework for developing recharging points looks to focus on urban centres, supermarkets, retail centres and car parks.

Event: Smart Cities: Bridging Physical and Digital Organiser: Amy O'Neill Date: 9 and 10 November 2012 (8 November is invitation only and not open to the public) Venue: Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square LS2 8BH Audience: General audience For more information: Smart Cities: Bridging Physical and Digital A short interview with project researcher Dr Andrew Hudson - Smith, Director and Reader in Digital Urban Systems Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, is available at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/audio/festival-2012-events.asFor more information: Smart Cities: Bridging Physical and Digital A short interview with project researcher Dr Andrew Hudson - Smith, Director and Reader in Digital Urban Systems Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, is available at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/audio/festival-2012-events.asfor Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, is available at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/audio/festival-2012-events.aspx.

Research for the Centre for Policy Studies by Conservative MP Philip Dunne has revealed how Gordon Brown has used his control of the nation's purse strings to tilt the growth of funding towards urban Britain - much of it Labour's heartlands.

It's not easy for gay youth in rural British Columbia: «Gay or bisexual teenage boys living in rural B.C. are nearly twice as likely to have attempted suicide and been physically sexually harassed in the past year than their peers in urban centres.»

While Ghana has been quite successful in its deliberate efforts, since the mid 1990s to become a leading emerging market destination for foreign direct investment — indeed the country has been the 5th biggest recipient of FDI on the continent since the beginning of this decade — these investment inflows, which have financed the larger manufacturing enterprises in the country, have been overwhelmingly concentrated in the biggest urban centres.

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.

«Our study reveals an explanation how nicotine contributes to induction of inflammation and in doing so shows new possibilities for future therapies to treat tobacco - related diseases which each year lead to premature deaths of several million people worldwide,» said Constantin Urban, a researcher involved in the work from the Umeå Centre for Microbial Research in Sweden.

«Compared to Hamilton's general adult population, we found elevated emergency room use, multiple barriers to health care access and significant rates of chronic disease among urban Aboriginal adults,» said Dr. Michelle Firestone, an associate scientist with St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health.

The second author of the paper, Dr Gururaja K V from the Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning at the Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, had observed that another species of frogs, known as the Ochlandra reed frog (Raorchestes ochlandrae), breeds in internodes of bamboo.

These differences in their genetic makeup are an indication that urban life does impact the evolutionary trajectory of a species, write researchers at Martin Luther University and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle - Leipzig - Jena in the current issue of the renowned journal «Proceedings of the Royal Society B».

July 2010 - Urban Lendahl Heads New Research Centre EuroSyStem PI Urban Lendahl named as Scientific Director of the Wallenberg Institute for Regenerative Medicine EuroSyStem PI Urban Lendahl will be the Scientific Director of a new regenerative medicine research centre at the Karolinska Instituet in StocCentre EuroSyStem PI Urban Lendahl named as Scientific Director of the Wallenberg Institute for Regenerative Medicine EuroSyStem PI Urban Lendahl will be the Scientific Director of a new regenerative medicine research centre at the Karolinska Instituet in Stoccentre at the Karolinska Instituet in Stockholm.

Visit the blog of Centre for Mobilities & Urban Studies (C - MUS) where most teachers at the MSc programme in Mobilities & Urban Studies are affiliated.

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The research showed going for a walk or tending to a vegie garden reduces depression, while walking in a shopping centre or urban environment increases depression.

Afterwards, I headed up to the Albion Peace Centre for Brisbane's Urban Yogi Retreat!

Ironmongers» Hall was in fact built in 1925 in a Tudor style to reflect the golden age of craft in the 16th century, and it certainly made an imposing and beautiful setting for a wedding, as well as a stark contrast to the urban jungle that is the surrounding Barbican Centre.

«There was a juvenile called Keith Marsden who played centre - back for Manchester New zealand urban area Reserves and we both thrill the ball at the unvaried organize and my ankle swelled up.

Vancouver About Blog Peter Ladner is a public speaker, author of The Urban Food Revolution and Fellow at the SFU Centre for Dialogue.

«Many schools are located in urban areas and close to town centres, railway stations and the like, making them ideal for car owners looking for somewhere cheaper to park than a traditional car park.»

More new sites will need to be allocated for educational use and increasing urban centre development and continuing changing demographics may also drive up pupil yields in areas where expansion opportunities are limited and new sites are rarely available.

As well as those from Local Authority Outdoor Education Centres, membership also includes managers of multi-activity centres, sometimes in urban areas, and centres equipped for those with special needs.

Mark was previously employed as director of the University for Industry's learndirect initiative in Northern Ireland, as CEO of the North Belfast (urban regeneration) Partnership and director of the Dunanney Centre.

allowing the Liberals to start a fourth tranche of deprivation - obsessed, urban centre - leaning of education top - ups — aka the Pupil Premium, initially reserved for schools, but shortly to exacerbate the unfairness of EY funding from April.

There's also the inescapable truth that, even you assume for sake of argument that the electricity you stick in your Model S is 0 % renewable and 100 % coal, you are at least keeping the poisonous side - effects of combustion away from urban centres and are not dragging a potpourri of contaminants down high streets and past schools or sitting in a fuggy 25 mile tailback of them.

The demand for premium SUVs like the BMW X5 has always been strong in Canada's urban centres as they offer the perfect mix of comfort, luxury and utility.

Further strengthening its promise of enhancing ownership experience, Ford India recently inaugurated its Vehicle Personalisation Centre in Chennai to provide factory - fitted, premium quality genuine Ford accessories for its bestselling urban SUV EcoSport.

Jaguar is demonstrating for the first time its portfolio of urban self - driving technologies in a Range Rover Sport, at the Horiba test centre in Nuneaton, UK today.

Check out our ranking of Canada's 35 major urban centres to see how their real estate prospects compare to Brantford, this year's pick for the best city to buy property.

But with strong price growth in the last decade or so, that balance has shifted, says Tsur Somerville, director of the UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate at the Sauder School of Business.

There are two reasons for this, says Hayler: first, because the cost of rent and staffing are higher in urban centres, and second, because there's a larger customer base willing to pay vast sums of money to dine out — especially in financial and business districts, were meals are often expensed.

For those in the market for condominiums, Carney warned of a potential collapse in pricing in major urban centres due to high supply and high investor demand (which can be fickle and damaging in the long ruFor those in the market for condominiums, Carney warned of a potential collapse in pricing in major urban centres due to high supply and high investor demand (which can be fickle and damaging in the long rufor condominiums, Carney warned of a potential collapse in pricing in major urban centres due to high supply and high investor demand (which can be fickle and damaging in the long run).

Tsur Somerville, director of the UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate in Vancouver, is also skeptical.