Sentences with phrase «urban land use»

Neither stepped up the plate to say: «We need to switch to higher density urban land use patterns, and encourage mass transit and bicycles».

As agricultural counties transition to more urban land uses, it becomes increasingly important to plan for agriculture.

This video reports on «low space, no space» technologies applied in the AULNA project in Antananarivo, Madagascar to improve food security and income of the urban poor, and on the integration of urban agriculture in urban land use planning in order to reduce the impacts of climate change in this city, notably flooding.

The conclusion is one of several fascinating findings from the first long - term, systematic assessment of the influence of urban land use on thunderstorm development.

This paper focuses on urban land use planning and analyses the different paradigms, approaches and tools towards urban policy making and planning related to urban agriculture.

There are substantial wetland and forested areas along the creek corridor in the northern watershed, while the southern watershed is characterized by urban land use.

EAR4CS URCLIM (2017 - 2020) will combine high resolution urban climate modelling, with open source land use and urban morphology data, and with urban land use and morphology simulation modelling, so as to better explore alternative future urban climates in alternative future urban environments.

Investment in transit infrastructure also contributes to the livability of our cities and communities by reducing air pollution, reducing congestion (during peak commuting periods) and promoting urban land use patterns (that reduce energy use).

Urban land use creates a heat - island effect because asphalt, brick, and concrete absorb and conduct solar energy, while the cooling effect of evaporation from soil and vegetation is reduced.

Major transit investments contribute to the livability of communities by reducing air pollution, offering additional travel capacity during periods of congestion (including peak commuting hours), and promoting compact urban land use patterns that reduce energy use.

Local cat populations are also affected by factors such as the community's geographical size, climate, rural vs. urban land use, animal control policies, amount of spay - neuter, and cultural differences, so the number of pet and community cats is likely to vary from region to region.

Dr. Bullard has authored numerous books on the prominence of waste facilities in predominately African - American areas all over the nation, as well as others that address urban land use, industrial facility siting, housing, transportation, climate justice, emergency response, smart growth, and equity.

Global land - use change studies project a significant reduction in native vegetation (mostly forest) in non-industrialised countries and arid regions due to expansion of agricultural or urban land use driven principally by population growth, especially in Africa, South America and in South Asia (Hassan et al., 2005).

This information stemmed from the European Environment Agency's Urban Atlas, which provides an overview of urban land use in Europe.

Themes of urban place and space narrow down to a particular focus on urban land use and the post-industrial human living condition, alongside ideas of absence and presence and longing and belonging in the contemporary city.

«Houston, for example, is home to one of the largest populations of engineers of any city in the world and is accustomed to engineering its way out of problems without conducting a lot of urban land use planning,» Berke said.

The researchers found that the biggest contributor to bear status was urban land use.

«When you put this carpet of urban land use, you're forbidding the land from capturing and storing the water,» Georgescu said.

Larson, W., L. Feng and L. Yezer (2012) Energy Footprint of the City: Effects of Urban Land use and Transportation Policies, Journal of Urban Economics 72.2: 147 - 159.

The conference discussed how to improve access to land and land use security for urban producers, the integration of urban agriculture in urban land use planning, the development of adequate land use norms and regulations, multiple land use, etcetera.

He is the author of 18 books that address sustainable development, environmental racism, urban land use, industrial facility siting, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, climate justice, emergency response, smart growth, and regional equity.

Urban agriculture contributes to a wide variety of urban issues and is increasingly integrated in urban land use planning and urban sector programmes (social inclusion and poverty alleviation, local economic development, environmental management, climate change strategies, amongst others) and used as a tool in sustainable city development.