Sentences with phrase «urban conditions»

The pilot program is designed to explore how lower - emission plug - in hybrid electric vans could support cleaner air targets, while boosting productivity for operators in urban conditions....
His work responded to specific urban conditions of the time.
It's not a very powerful engine but is certainly good enough for urban conditions.
But it would take nearly a decade of round - the - clock testing to reach just 2 million miles in typical urban conditions.
All four species receiving stormwater grew significantly larger than those receiving tap water, demonstrating they all have the potential to thrive under urban conditions.
Despite their status as invasive or dangerous, these plants have immense value and can teach us about climate change adaptation and how to survive NYC's harsh urban conditions.
His interdisciplinary research and creative projects focus on the contemporary urban condition, creative activism and social practices that concern the community.
Luckily, I'm behind the wheel of a 2018 BMW i3s, its small footprint well - suited for cramped urban conditions.
Re-designed to capture the new urban conditions that have prevailed globally PERISCOPE Lounge, a creative idea of decaARCHITECTURE, is conceptualized as a container of surveillance installations.
Often employing a large format camera, Struth began exploring industrial spaces, attempting to reflect the ever - evolving urban conditions of contemporary society.
His drawings of speculative urban conditions were included in the 2008 Venice Biennale for Architecture.
The Lab's work draws on diverse fields such as urban planning, architecture, design, engineering, computer science and social science to capture the multi-disciplinary nature of urban problems and deliver research and applications that empower citizens to make choices that result in a more liveable urban condition.
Rooted in urban bike culture, we're committed to building bags, apparel and footwear that survive the demanding urban conditions.
However, customers opting CVT will be pleased with its performance in urban conditions and a relaxed highway cruising.
The artists often appear in their work as witnesses to life unfolding in the sociopolitical and urban conditions of this area.
Jerde Partnership Architects «conceived Namba Parks as a large park, a natural intervention in Osaka's dense and harsh urban condition.
Even when allowed two children, couples prefer one child, with my research showing that this attitude has been reinforced by the urban conditions that families are forced to adjust to and policies that are not family - friendly.
Myth 6: Bedbugs prefer unsanitary, urban conditions «Bedbugs are terribly nondiscriminatory,» Schal says.
On test, we averaged 7.9 L / 100 km over a week's driving in a variety of freeway and urban conditions, which was a little way from the 5.9 L / 100 km official claim.
The 1.8 TSI that I drove felt composed, though there is mild body roll evident when you're driving in urban conditions.
Consumers living in fair - weather states can opt for a front - wheel drive version, which can stretch a gallon of fuel 20 miles in urban conditions and up to 28 on the expressway.
In addition to observing nature, artists like Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, and Thomas Struth have turned their attention to documenting the urban condition and its inextricable relationship to private and public space.
The artist is known for explosive abstractions that draw heavily on the urban condition.
Here, Fox is preoccupied with city planning and its effects on the urban condition.
Los Angeles - based architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of JohnstonMarkLee architectural firm were instrumental in examining these areas defining characteristics and placing the works of art in ways which either reinforce the urban condition, or challenges it by creating a new way of experiencing a neighborhood.
In recent works, Heng's focus has been on the issues of history, memory, communication and human relationships in urban conditions.
Mellor states that «The paintings of this fashioned minority group of camp icons are vulnerable to my own diarist situations... overloaded collusions of identity, bombardment of consumerist products and imagery, psychological trauma, political and financial impotency and so on as a catalogue of felt experiences of the isolation, frustration and anxiety of the urban condition
Having examined themes ranging from the claustrophobia of urban conditions to the ecstasy of spiritual enlightenment, Gilbert & George progressed towards an examination of the physical substances within themselves.
Specifically Brutalism, as its title suggests, is the process of accepting the nature of the materials, to observe in detail and reconsider the urban conditions of human coexistence.
The artists try to bring forth a deeper interrogation of the urban condition, of built structures around us and psychological constructs in the everyday.
McGee has long viewed the city itself as a living space for art and activism, but his more recent work has brought the urban condition into the space of the gallery.
Also successful rural extension and training methodologies (e.g. the farmer to farmer approach, farmer field schools, participatory technology development) need to be adapted to the urban conditions.
Ragweed, specifically, grew faster, flowered earlier, and produced significantly more pollen in these urban conditions.
Ziska found that these urban conditions can have freakish results.
But it is tough to find evidence on the surface that this kind of life for a working animal — and carriage horses are undeniably hard working animals — can really be considered abuse if it is not also considered abuse for humans to live and work in these urban conditions, or any other working animal for that matter.
Confirming Hypothesis 2b, participants in the nature condition valued future rewards more than that in the urban condition (F1, 41 = 7.12, p = 0.011, part.
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