Sentences with phrase «urban population turns»

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.

Air quality 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.

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This incredible journey was made possible by a massive population shift from rural to urban, which in turn was facilitated by the unprecedented expansion in manufacturing and international trade in China, a country that steadfastly ignored the entire MDG process.

Our new white paper explores urban analytics for digital cities with an estimated more than 50 % of the worlds population now living in cities, many city leaders are turning to «Smart Cities» as the solution for their urbanization challenges.

It may also explain why the sample population turned out to be slightly more urban and upscale than the nation as a whole.

Affirming an urban presence: As populations have shifted away from urban areas, many city churches have closed and the buildings have been turned into restaurants, houses, nightclubs or offices.

Nor was anything like half the world's human population crowded into urban areas, with fewer chances for self - sustainability than people on the land have when times turn desperate.

There's long been an assumption that white parents in urban areas have turned to private schools in part to separate their children from the growing black and Latino populations in the public school system.