Sentences with phrase «urban environments with»

A new high - tech industry is infusing many urban environments with newfound cash; for example, there are several streets in Beijing that compare favorably with Chicago's «Magnificent Mile» on Michigan Avenue.
Dense, multi-use urban environments with a variety of offerings can provide the stimulating surroundings that encourage walking and real - life social interaction.
English - born artist Rackstraw Downes (b. 1939) paints urban environments with dazzling precision.
We've had time with Overwatch, torn through its colourful urban environments with shotgun and bow in hand, and we've been surprised by what we've found.
The Park Package is there to assist you with maneuvering in tight spaces and in urban environments with these features: — 360 ° Parking Aid1 — Reverse Traffic Detection1
In order to circumvent their difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, the charter school sector proposed that their schools, which disproportionately operate in urban environments with largely minority student populations, be allowed to provide the barest minimal training, justifying it because they get high test scores, and call it «teacher certification.»
Most of the top education organizations have evolved to thrive in urban environments with higher levels of funding, significant philanthropy, and ready access to major talent pools.
For instance, it absorbs the vibrations from moving trains, providing insulation for urban environments with close rail traffic.
Great for hikes, narrow store aisles or urban environments with uneven pavement, carriers make it easy get out and about.
There aren't many cities that could offer Amazon a truly urban environment with an incredibly business - friendly local government and affordable housing.
Teaching in an urban environment with a student population that may have limited access to resources, I believe that my job includes creating a learning environment to foster whole - child learning: academic, social, and life skills that will empower them to be the best version of themselves.
Whether one lives in an urban environment with flat - lining schools or in a suburban area, where most schools still have a detectable heartbeat, everybody suffers when education is left behind.
Kia says the Niro concept is «ready to take on the urban environment with style and tenacity.»
For many professionals, an urban environment with affordable apartments and a range of job opportunities is a must.
Explore a layered map of an overgrown urban environment with wild giraffes in the background in the Bus Depot map.
The intention is to recreate the experience of being in and moving through an urban environment with particular emphasis on in - between spaces, where light fluctuates from negative to positive.
Now in its sixth year, the Sculpture in the City initiative aims to enhance our urban environment with cutting - edge contemporary works from leading artists.
At Culture Trip we love how French street artist JR infiltrates the urban environment with his epic black and white imagery that tackles identity and inequality.
If you're in a dense urban environment with access to a lot of services (so, San Francisco or New York), August also has an «Access» option that lets you grant access to Postmates delivery people or Handy cleaning crews (but be careful, there).
«Young professionals are looking for an urban environment with transit options, and those are most available close to downtown,» says Sam DeBord, managing broker of Seattle Homes Group and Coldwell Banker Danforth director.

Not exact matches

Philips, for its part, is working with a number of European cities on an urban lighting system that uses sensors to determine optimum lighting levels for the amount of street activity, saving energy while still providing a safe civic environment.
Over half the world's population is now aged under 30, with the same proportion living in an urban environment.
In its latest move, Google joined forces with Aclima, a startup that designs, deploys and manages environmental sensor networks, to monitor air quality in urban environments using Google's Street View vehicles on Tuesday.
That's rapid progress and a testament to a critical early design and engineering decision: to pair Cruise's technology, optimized for complicated urban environments such as San Francisco, with GM's ability to develop and manufacture vehicles at a massive scale.
«Unlike natural environments, urban environments are filled with stimulation that captures attention dramatically and additionally requires directed attention (e.g., to avoid being hit by a car), making them less restorative.»
Given this confinement, they have had little direct access to the great social questions of the day... [They are] encouraging nostalgic attachments to former ways of life... and abandoning the victims of social dislocation in rapidly changing urban environments... They appear more interested in maintaining secure spaces which can sustain them in their attempts to cope with the daily problems of living.»
Instead of one main paved street, there was a medley of surfaced streets, churches, buildings of all kinds, and all the noise of a busy urban and commercial environment to be found in a town with a population of 12,000.
Burtons Grill & Bar locations offer an ambience typically associated with urban environments to suburban locations.
I manage a micro anaerobic digestion project, which tests the viability of micro AD in a dense urban environment (Central London) with one pilot plant and two in development.
Commercial real estate developers should pay attention to the trend toward urban food halls packed with local restaurants, bars and cafés, urges Anthony Deen, Creative Director, Branded Environments, for CBX, in a March 9 column on GlobeSt.com.
This funding will help us showcase how LID protects land and water resources, and new and improved facilities at Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center & Wildlife Sanctuary will help illustrate how LID techniques can help with water management in an urban environment.
Green walls have been around for many years but with energy efficiency becoming so important these days and everyone wanting to do their part for the environment, we are seeing more of these living green walls being introduced into urban areas offering visual appeal and a host of environmental benefits.
Research does show that in highly stressed urban environments, having involved parents and even strict parents is associated with less delinquent behavior, Biel said.
If you look for a stroller that tackles different surfaces and speeds with ease but can also be very efficient in maneuvering through an urban environment, there are high chances a jogging stroller is exactly what you should be looking for.
It comes with two sets of air - filled wheels for different environments (16» all - terrain and 12» urban), an adjustable handlebar, hand and foot brakes, and shock - absorbing suspension.
After chatting with many parents, and lots of research, we rounded up our top picks for urban environment jogging and running strollers.
This model comes with a set of four 12» wheels (front and rear), which are perfect for urban environments, and one set of 16» wheels (rear), for when you're ready to hit more complicated terrain.
At the same time, the data show that breastfeeding is quite compatible with an urban industrial environment and that appropriate breastfeeding promotion can succeed anywhere.
«I think you're going to see dramatic street - scapes that are cool, that are in keeping with the urban environment.
Working closely with local communities to give youths in urban environments the knowledge to be better and responsible dog owners.
In recent years, however, the Cuomo administration has deployed more uniformed troopers in urban environments, with the most noteworthy expansion happening downstate.
Amazon's preferences are that any potential location be situated in a metropolitan area with more than 1 million people, have a stable business environment, offer urban or suburban locations, and the ability to retain talented professionals.
Land use, however, is controlled at the local level in environments with unique characteristics across urban, agricultural and a multitude of other settings.
Since 2007 nonprofit CHF International has been mapping urban poverty in areas of India and Africa through a program called Slum Communities Achieving Livable Environments with Urban Partners (SCALE - UP)(urban poverty in areas of India and Africa through a program called Slum Communities Achieving Livable Environments with Urban Partners (SCALE - UP)(Urban Partners (SCALE - UP)(pdf).
Riding the subway uptown, I'd thought how much faster the physical environment of the metropolis is, compared with the slower world of Iowa City, and so when I arrived I asked Damasio if he'd ever thought about the neurological effects of urban life.
But we are living in a brighter world: urban environments are assaulted with light pollution, which has risen by up to 20 per cent per year in some cities.
While it is generally accepted that trees and plants benefit urban environments, until now researchers have had very little data to work with in order to quantify the extent that street trees regulate urban ecosystems.
But as it turns out, many people actually like the density of urban environments, precisely because they offer diversity: Peruvian / Japanese fusion restaurants, live performances by Scandinavian doo - wop bands, a thousand quirky bars and cafés teeming with potential friends and crushes.
In one of his own studies, published this past March in the American Journal of Health Promotion, Sallis collaborated with urban design specialist Lawrence Frank of the University of British Columbia and others to link Atlanta's built environment with walking patterns in the city.
Today's built environments reflect decades of urban planning with a few consistent themes — cars and zoning, among them.
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