Sentences with phrase «urban population»

An increased percentage of urban population in a county also showed a weak increase in rates.

Drive on gas on the highway, then drive on electricity in urban population centers.

Today's developing world faces just as much pressure to feed a growing urban population with nutritious, often more costly food — with increasing potential for global impact.

The health effects of air pollution are a major concern for urban populations all over the world.

These dogs become more popular as urban populations increase.

Though a plant delivery service might work in a dense urban population, people who like gardening tend to live far outside city centres.

In addition to the study of female aging and sexuality, her laboratory focuses on urban population health improvement and fairness in health care.

Any one of these surge events could unleash devastating environmental, social and economic changes amid a higher urban population.

The whole region has an increasingly urban population, a growing middle - class, and rising disposable incomes — all of which fuels fast - growing consumer markets.

For example, 72 percent of the African urban population lives in informal settlements.

During each of these time periods urban populations developed agricultural methods that relied on the persistent availability of rainfall — irrigation.

By the middle of the 21st century, the total urban population of the developing world will double to 5.3 billion in 2050 from 2.3 billion in 2005.

That's a dangerous combination, since urban populations are more at risk of disruption from the effects of global warming.

This let them zero in on 19 gene variants that had been spreading rapidly through urban populations, suggesting that the variants offered some advantage in the new habitat.

In the face of expanding urban population, it deals with contracting natural wealth.

No modern nation with a significant urban population has attained prosperity without an industrial base capable of employing larger numbers of people and of manufacturing goods for domestic consumption and export.

There's one other thing to keep in mind: creeping urban populations and global warming will work in favor of these companies.

These three countries will account for 37 per cent of the projected growth of the world's urban population between 2014 and 2050.

It is putting technology at the heart of the new paradigm, enabling urban populations to have a personalized experience that was never available before when we think about traditional public transit.

Growing urban populations in the next few decades will mean greater pressures on agricultural production, water use and soil health.

-- Given the continuing rise in urban population, reducing carbon emissions from transportation is considered a key factor in trying to diminish climate change problems caused by larger and larger cities.

As urban populations increase, so too does the complexity involved in maintaining basic services like clean water and emergency services.

The growth in Kenya's middle class has led to an increase in demand for residential real estate, and the speed of urban population growth currently exceeds the rate of development of new houses.

Back in the United States, Maen sees the company opening restaurants in cities with large urban populations.

The National Population Commission (NPC) has put Nigeria's current population at 198 million people with urban population growing at an average annual growth rate...

Projections show that urbanization combined with the overall growth of the world's population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban populations by 2050, with close to 90 percent of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa, according to a new United Nations report launched today.

While the Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC report uses the term extinction only for non-human species, it does warn of the «risk of mortality and morbidity during periods of extreme heat, particularly for vulnerable urban populations and those working outdoors in urban or rural areas.»

With urban populations expected to continue growing, cities» exposure to climate change will only get worse unless they break away from this GHG - emitting status quo.

A snapshot of gut microbiota of an adult urban population from Western region of India — Disha Tandon — PLOS One

Breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in a diverse urban population.

«We expect countries with young populations, supportive regulations and fast mobile Internet speeds and planned migration to 5G to be best positioned,» says Graseck, adding that banks serving urban populations may have more latitude to consolidate branches than those focused on rural populations.

«This is the first study to evaluate the long - term effects of gestational weight gain in a contemporary low - income multi-ethnic urban population, characterized by a high risk of obesity,» noted Elizabeth Widen, PhD, RD, postdoctoral fellow at the Mailman School Department of Epidemiology, the Institute of Human Nutrition, and the New York Obesity Research Center.

Yes, the EPA intends to focus compliance monitoring and enforcement efforts on certain geographic areas, especially large urban population centers where lead - based paint hazards are more likely to be present.

Democrats built their coalition around urban populations.

At June 2016, the estimated urban population of Shepparton, including Mooroopna, was 50,198.

While most cases of TB occur in developing countries, it is also reemerging as a threat in major urban populations in Europe, due to the increase in global travel.

While China's dynamic urban population thrives, much of rural China is mired in poverty.

Air quality in cities is of increasing concern to China's stability - obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as a more affluent urban population turns against a growth - at - all - costs economic model that has besmirched much of the country's air, water and soil.

Only 2 percent of high school seniors know the significance of Brown vs. the Board of Education and only 4 percent of 8th graders could explain why urban populations rose and rural populations shrank over time.

Aussie Geologist: Climate fear is «new religion for urban populations which have lost their faith in Christianity» Gore a «prophet»

Given that American society is one of the most urbanized in the world — 82 percent of Americans live in cities or in the suburbs (a number on the rise)-- the slump in urban population support should be a wake - up call for the GOP to immediately change direction.

Mary Lynn Baeck, a hydrometeorologist at Princeton University, says that alternative approaches to taking weather data are needed in poorer countries where urban populations are expanding.