Sentences with phrase «urban residents as»

Not surprisingly, support for school choice programs is often twice as high among urban residents as it is among suburban ones.

Not exact matches

That same rural / urban divide is evident in my home state — Missouri — where as many as 60 % of rural residents lack access to high - speed Internet.

So many bodies are brought in that the morgue workers struggle to identify and bury the dead fast enough to make space for the next batch that arrives with grim regularity, as the city's residents clear up after nine months of urban warfare.

Chinese citizens receive an urban or rural hukou which officially identifies them as residents of a specific area and which allows them to live and work only in that area.

Suppose one wanted to measure urban literacy as a function of a city's size, or of the average income of its residents.

On any given day, residents can grab a coffee (served with animal crackers) at Tryst, arguably the most popular cafe in the neighborhood, stroll along the wide sidewalks, browse a few boutiques such as Urban Dwell, enjoy a meal on the balcony at Roofers Union while looking out over the city, and finally catch a live band or DJ playing at Songbyrd Music House.

It was widely hailed by the professional urban planners and architects when completed, but as Corbin points out, it's a part of Boston, perhaps the part, that residents love to hate, a place that made the old elevated freeway that cut across Boston seem positively organic by comparison.

The sociologists Richard Lloyd and Terry Nichols Clark think of the city, and they mean this as praise, as an «entertainment machine» whose residents «can experience their own urban location as if tourists, emphasising aesthetic concerns».

The sociologists Richard Lloyd and Terry Nichols Clark think of the city, and they mean this as praise, as an «entertainment machine» whose residents «can experience their own urban location as if tourists, emphasizing aesthetic concerns.»

(5) Inner - city urban ministry either as a one - year resident or one day a week for thirty weeks to mingle with the people wherever they are, to engage the power structure of the community, to explore the economic and political strategies of community planning, to discover the potentialities for a ministry to total needs of persons who are deprived or in stress.

Queensland, meanwhile, takes the national preference for «plain packaging» to another level, with residents in both rural and urban areas being more than twice as likely to opt for supermarket brands as they are for Bega.

Downtown Miami continues to establish itself as a true global, urban destination, with a population of almost 90,000 residents — a 150 % increase since 2000 and still growing, consisting mostly of young professionals.

As a young man, Jiménez found kindred spirits in like - minded men and women who were committed to the causes of liberation and independence for Puerto Rico — and sought freedom from what they perceived to be the racist and discriminatory treatment minority residents faced in major urban centers such as Chicago and New YorAs a young man, Jiménez found kindred spirits in like - minded men and women who were committed to the causes of liberation and independence for Puerto Rico — and sought freedom from what they perceived to be the racist and discriminatory treatment minority residents faced in major urban centers such as Chicago and New Yoras Chicago and New York.

A variety of affordable transit options such as public transit, taxis, car shares, cycling, and safe pedestrian pathways is critical for residents of Erie County to engage in a wide variety of community activities across urban, suburban, and rural settings.

Second, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development must identify those residents who are legally living in NYCHA's apartments with illegally residing sex offenders, in order to determine if any fraud was committed in failing to list them as a household member.

Over the last several months, as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area planning process chugged forward, we've sat through countless community board meetings, interviewed dozens of local residents and decision - makers and published op - eds from various players invested in the proposed residential and retail project.

In spite of such known urban pressures on health as air and water pollution, water shortage, overcrowding, poor housing, the stresses of city transportation and the generally accelerated pace of city life, there is no substantial evidence from the National Health Survey that the overall health of the urban resident is worse than that of the rural resident.

To keep residents riding the rails and to win more drivers» hearts, Chinese cities are using various incentives and disincentives, as politicians promise to increase urban rail systems threefold and bus rapid transit 10-fold by 2015

Past research has shown that alcohol outlets such as liquor or corner stores may promote nuisance activities like robberies, drug use, or other crimes in urban communities, rendering them unsafe for residents to walk by or visit.

And as climate change further amplifies wildfire hazards, how can residents of the wildland - urban interface adjust?

Online dating is also relatively popular among the college - educated, as well as among urban and suburban residents.

In the following year, her projects included Rob Cohen's The Fast and the Furious, an urban adrenaline extravaganza in which she played the tough girlfriend of a gang leader alongside Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Jordanna Brewster, and 3 A.M., a made - for - cable drama which cast her as a taxi driver and was screened at the Sundance Festival.Striving to maintain the balance between sexy and tough, Rodriguez would take on zombies in Resident Evil (2002) before hitting the waves in Blue Crush.

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

At a time when squatter neighborhoods were regarded as the biggest obstacle before urban development by the urban elite in Turkey, and residents of squatter houses and thus the urban working class were regarded as «backward» villagers, workers from both Hasköy and Güzeltepe earned respectability due to their working class identities.

Like many Western countries, South Africa has adopted an urban asylum policy, which is based on the temporary protection of refugees.1 To that end, refugees and asylum - seekers are treated as «temporary residents,» a legal position that implicitly subjects them to restrictive immigration principles, namely exclusivity and self - sufficiency.2 Such treatment is inimical to the purpose and principles of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugees in Africa.

He began working for the Philadelphia schools as a resident from the Broad Foundation's Residency in Urban Education.

After completing business school, he was accepted as a Broad Resident in Urban Education and spent the two years of his residency in the San Francisco Unified School District.

He also has used residents from the Urban Teacher Center to staff summer school and as substitutes.

In 2013, the United States had 14.8 million students located outside urbanized areas (urban areas defined as 50,000 residents or more), down from 18 million students in 2011.

Through ongoing coaching, participating in professional learning communities that deepen and expand their instructional tool kits, and in the completion of their Master's in Urban Education through Park University, the Resident Graduates will leave the three - year commitment as highly effective teachers that are making transformative gains for their students.

Liza came to Learning Heroes from Urban Teachers, where she worked as a resident teacher for 4th and 5th grade students in the District of Columbia.

As a Broad Resident, I have the unique opportunity to effect change in urban education at a high level, and in so doing help give each child the opportunity to achieve.

[7] The significant, yet small, distance to other cities allows for many prospective residents to view Madison as a «safe haven» from the corporate / urban world, if they choose to work in one of these nearby cities.

As a resident of Avalon Santa Monica on Main, you'll be able to walk to work, bars, shops, and anywhere else you want to go so you don't have to worry about traffic or crowded public transportation and other problems of urban life.

, Yan's ultimate goal, as an urban planner and as a Vancouver resident, is to create a city where most owners and residents don't feel «like rootless consumers; temporary and indifferent to each other.»

The USDA defines a rural area as any area that is rural in nature and is not part of or associated with an urban area, or any town, village or city and has less than 10,000 residents.

Living close to downtown Fort Worth has become increasingly popular as residents seek an urban lifestyle and workers try to avoid long commutes.

Borador's Bamboo was a great dog, especially at my school, where he became the resident therapy dog - mostly therapy for me, as those were the years of desegregation and times were tough in a big urban school district.

[5] And «considerable differences exist between urban and rural residents... in their animal rights and welfare orientations» [9, as cited in M. J. Manfredo, Pierce, Fulton, Pate, & Gill, 1999].

In addition, we give local residents humane solutions to their urban wildlife conflicts and treat animals impacted by environmental disasters, such as oils spills.

Urban dwellers are nearly twice as likely as rural residents to assert that their pets have special nutrition needs (45 percent versus 24 percent) and they are even more likely to be concerned about their pets having food allergies or intolerances (51 percent versus 22 percent).

An influx of new residents has helped energize the area, and downtown's re-emergence has also been spurred by such attractions as Grand Park, an urban oasis with views stretching from the Music Center (including Walt Disney Concert Hall) to City Hall.

As a Bay Area native and long - term Southern California resident, Colony covers emerging contemporary art in California, the aesthetic of urban culture, and is a champion of African American art and media.

A former adjunct professor in the Women in Politics Institute at American University, Maya has also served as the vice president of research and programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), senior resident scholar at the National Urban League, chief of staff to Congressman Charles Rangel (D - NY), professional staff on the House Ways and Means Committee, and as a CBCF legislative fellow in the office of Congressman Melvin Watt (D - NC) among other positions.

He has served as a resident curator at the Chicago Artists Coalition, and produced exhibitions for the Chicago Urban Art Society and Sullivan Galleries.

As a resident of Mexico City and having had lengthy visits to Bogotá, Lagos, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Quebec, Tel Aviv and Tijuana, Rasgado explores cities as though he were an urban archaeologisAs a resident of Mexico City and having had lengthy visits to Bogotá, Lagos, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Quebec, Tel Aviv and Tijuana, Rasgado explores cities as though he were an urban archaeologisas though he were an urban archaeologist.

As part of the Bankside Urban Forest scheme and Better Bankside, the Union Press invited local residents, journalists and even passers - by to create a one off publication

Previously I have served as resident faculty at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and as a visiting artist at Cooper Union, The School of Visual Arts, New York University, the Rhode Island School of Design, the MIT Media Lab, and the UCLA Urban Humanities Institute, among others.

As industrialization began to spread, Moran's paintings of nature provided an accessible and direct experience and reflected a developing nostalgia among urban residents for the serenity of rural places.

In the staid precincts of Yale University, she presented herself as a sexy urban black girl, confusing fellow students and faculty who mistook her for a lost resident of New Haven.