Sentences with phrase «urban infrastructure needs»

This activity report analyzes the results from a conducted a public opinion survey in 2013, in five cities in Latin America to learn about citizens» perceptions about quality of life, urban infrastructure needs and public services.

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China introduced a tiering system for its cities in the 1980s according to urban and infrastructure development needs, and has since become a proxy for societal classification, i.e., Tier 1 cities are the «wealthiest», whereas Tier 4 are the «poorest» (on a per capita basis).

Employing a financing model similar to the Fresh Food Financing Initiative — a financing program designed to attract supermarkets and grocery stores to underserved urban and rural communities by paying for infrastructure costs and credit needs not met by conventional financial institutions.

«The need [for infrastructure improvements] is clearly tremendous,» said Adam Forman, a senior researcher at the Manhattan - based public policy think tank Center for an Urban Future.

He knows we need to address climate change with alternative, renewable energy solutions while reinvesting in our urban buildings and infrastructure.

This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities.»

The authors argue that cities need to step out of traditional roles in planning urban infrastructure and learn how to better understand the needs of residents in order to craft policies and programs that enable the adoption of energy and carbon - efficient technologies and practices.

Currently, when transportation and urban planners evaluate alternative infrastructure investments and policies, they may need to account for health effects from local air quality, a consideration that warrants further planning to avoid negative outcomes, according to the researchers.

Dignified, adequate infrastructure and services should be prioritized for rural areas and poor parts of urban areas; the parasitic exploitation of villages by cities should be eliminated through measures for maximum urban self - sufficiency and sustainability; public transportation, walking and bicycling needs to be prioritized over private motorized transportation; adequate shelter / housing with land rights should be a high priority for urban slums.

America's broken school systems — its large urban systems in particular — need to improve both infrastructure and product.

However, many of these high - need urban schools are precisely those schools least likely to have adequate technology infrastructure and teachers adept at integrating technology instruction.

This Administration is committed to an infrastructure package that addresses the needs of the entire country, urban and rural.

The player takes the role of a benevolent urban warlord and while they're rarely confronted with this reality, most of their side missions are related to infrastructure (the plumbing stopped working across town, the racially disenfranchised need beds and shelters, shipments of tools and guns have been stolen, etc.) while their primary objective is achieved by collecting money.

One thing about the rural / urban question: what excites me about the GMB idea is that you live where you want to live, within certain constraints (mostly the infrastructure needed to produce your Brand of whatever).

Only a decade ago, viral urban ethos was that global cities needed to invest in creative infrastructure, meaning new museums and symphony halls, to run in the cultural stakes.

As a result, these countries will face numerous challenges in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations, including for housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy and employment, as well as for basic services such as education and health care.

Similar thematic topics that currently emerge in the work of RUAF on short food chains and local economy are the development of logistical infrastructures for aggregating produce at city region level (commonly known as «food hubs») and the need to develop successful and viable business models for the implementation of short food supply chains within urban settings.

It is based on the recognized need for an urgent shift in the way urban infrastructure is planned, designed and managed in order to respond to the challenges posed by rapid urbanization, globalization and climate change.

The guide explains what «green infrastructure» means and why we need more of it, especially in the urban context.

an array of mobile nomadic prefab laneway homes («modpods») are proposed to provide needed adaptable affordable housing for the city, but equally important, will act as incremental nodes of sustainable energy and urban farming infrastructure for it and the immediate home, as well as the city at large.

As the migration of people to urban areas has increased, the need for industrial growth in areas such as mining, technology and infrastructure has kept pace.

It also considers the 21st century knowledge as founded on citizens with talent, knowledge and skills, and gears urban design and infrastructure for their needs.

Already 3 billion people, or about half the global population, live in urban areas, so the shift will create an enormous need for new housing and infrastructure.