Sentences with phrase «urban expansion developed»
To arrive at their results, researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison calculated the difference in size of urban areas, from 2000 to 2010, by closely scrutinizing maps of urban extent and urban expansion developed from MODIS 250m satellite data.
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Given the scale of global population growth, the challenge still seems daunting: the world will need to accommodate 2 billion more urban dwellers (pdf) by 2030, a rate of expansion equivalent to building about 13 great cities (each with over 5 million inhabitants) per year, almost all in developing countries.
Our group here at the University of Wisconsin - Madison was recently awarded three years of NASA funding to develop global maps of urban expansion between 2000 and 2010.
Second, as we move to a sector - agnostic approach in urban schooling and rely on a continuous improvement process based on new starts, expansions, and closures, we must develop rigorous, transparent systems for these activities.
Government: The Economic Development & Special Projects Divison creates and manages a range of programs that support and develop a vibrant local economy, including business attraction, retention and expansion; economic planning and forecasting; expanding the City's economic base in tourism and the urban art program.
Palestinian artist Harb, who shuttles between Dubai and Rome, in his sculptural installation titled Unlimited Progress, presents the interplay between time and urban change in a fast - developing city such as Dubai, where large tracts of desert give way to urban expansion.
Via kind tipster Jamie Woolley and an article on Greenpeace More on Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Brazil Announces Plan to Slow Amazon Deforestation by 70 % Amazon Deforestation Grows in August, Brazil Says Could Stop in 2015 Amazon Condoms To Preserve Forests and Reduce Imports in Brazil Brazil to Develop Satellite to Monitor Deforestation, Urban Expansion Brazilian Banks, Forbidden to Give Loans to Illegal Loggers
More about satellites:: Satellite Images Reveal Two of Greenland's Biggest Glaciers Are Losing More Ice:: Brazil to Develop Satellite to Monitor Deforestation, Urban Expansion:: NASA Satellite Could Make Floating Ocean Wind Farms Possible
Responding to the increasing interest in smart growth, the Urban Land Instituterecently launched SmartGrowth.net, developed as a comprehensive research and resource tool for anyone interested in the discussion of planned expansion in communities across the country and globally.
With the company's goal to develop and acquire properties with a market value exceeding $ 4 billion by 2020, Milhaus identified the Carolinas as an extremely desirable market for expansion due to the region's strong job growth and high demand for multifamily and mixed - use properties in urban neighborhoods.