Sentences with phrase «urban residents by»

That means the average rural consumer ends up subsidizing power for urban residents by 240 to 510 rupees ($ 4 to $ 8) per year, according to a study in Karnataka state done by Rahul Tongia, a fellow at Brookings India.

Not exact matches

The prosperous postwar economy fostered the exodus of an upwardly mobile working class from the city in search of the more genuinely American housing to be found in the suburbs, and at the same time, the entry - level skilled and semiskilled manufacturing jobs once held by project residents disappeared from the urban core.

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.

Residents» capacity to produce their community by defining the meanings of their urban habitat is one of the most crucial — and yet highly overlooked — rights to be exercised in current society.

A new report published by the Center for an Urban Future finds that the record increase in tourism to New York City over the past two decades has spurred thousands of jobs in Queens and benefited thousands of additional residents who work in tourism More...

The cost of living is lower in most rural areas than in most urban areas, although part of that lower cost of living is attributable to subsidies of rural governmental functions, (like road and bridge maintenance and K - 12 education), by residents of more urban areas.

Its goal is to make sure residents in the underserved urban and rural parts of the state can access the internet at 25 Mbps and eventually expand that to 100 Mbps by providing state matching grants to broadband service providers.

The local election results are a consequence of the Government's disregard for the mounting pressure faced by councils «and the pain it is causing their residents», according to Steve Houghton, a Labour councillor and chair of SIGOMA, the collective voice of urban areas representing many of the large towns and cities in the Northern, Midland and South Coast regions of England.

the residents, joined by representatives of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, state Assemblymen Keith Wright and City Councilman Robert Jackson, said complex owner Urban American Management should have consulted with residents about ways to improve safety before instituting the plan.

Measures that tackle the urban heat island effect also make cities more energy efficient (by reducing the cooling needs inside buildings) and more comfortable (by shading city residents).

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

The North Carolina study includes both rural and urban areas, creating adequate representation by African - American and rural residents.

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.

In Ottawa, coyotes are ubiquitous in rural areas, and they are commonly encountered by residents in villages, suburban areas, the National Capital Greenbelt, and even some urban areas.

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).

Main Street (Unrated) Urban revival drama revolving around several residents of Durham, North Carolina whose lives are changed by the arrival of a mysterious stranger (Colin Firth) with a controversial plan for saving their decaying hometown.

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.

What is annoying, to say the least, is that despite these difficult economic times, and while we're making a special effort to invest in our poorest, most challenged urban school districts, we've got school administrators like Paul Vallas and Steven Adamowski who begin by hiring consultants and laying off the very Connecticut residents who have been working so hard to make a difference.

But in stark contrast to the image of a perpetual «urban underclass» depicted in television by shows like The Wire, sociologists Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson present a more nuanced portrait of Baltimore's inner - city residents that employs important new research on the significance of early life opportunities available to low - income populations.

The campus cat population decreased by 85 % to 23 cats in 2002, demonstrating that a long - term program of neutering plus adoption or a return to the resident colony can reduce freeroaming cat populations in urban areas (Levy et al., 2003).

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

The study's conclusion: «A comprehensive long - term program of neutering followed by adoption or return to the resident colony can result in reduction of free - roaming cat populations in urban areas.»

Situated on the exclusive, manmade Jumeira Bay, an island carved into the shape of a seahorse and adjoined by a 300m bridge to central Dubai coastline, the sunny property is a true «urban oasis», for visitors and residents alike.

Rowing down the Thames for four or five days and staying in hotels, pubs, the boat itself or camping out by the river path is an experience in urban calm that even residents of this thriving metropolis hardly realised was possible.

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.

This urban center of about 70,000 residents is by far the largest in a country that has many different types of tourist draws, but Belize City itself is rarely more than just a transit point for visitors.

Pratt Center was founded in 1963, when graduate planning students and faculty at Pratt Institute partnered with community organizations to address urban poverty by empowering local residents to participate in the official planning processes that affected their communities.

Casualties is a multi-part installation of new work by BOLT Resident Annette Barbier, exploring the tension between the built environment and the marginalized place of nature in our urban spaces.

Also included in «Big Spaces and Large Planes» are: the loosely graphic paintings of Cathy Fiorelli who shares studio space with eleven other artists at the Middletown Pendleton Art Center; the perceptive works on femininity of Pattie Byron from West Chester; the Kente Cloth - inspired art quilts by Miami University - educated Linda Kramer; the mixed media of Oxford's Maureen Nimis with her cut paper and photographic work; the small works by Catalog & Slavic Librarian at Miami University, Russian - born Masha Misco; and the jewel - like small photographs of Denver - born Cincinnati resident Brian Luman whose exploration of urban crevices is fueled by his skateboard and camera.

The resident artists will create ambitious new work that summons the potential for imagination, creativity, and performance inspired by spontaneous audiences and chance encounters that only a public place, like an urban park, can offer.

Born in Rio de Janeiro and resident in São Paulo since the 1990s, her works have been shaped by the influences of the urban metropolises on the rural environment.

Curated by Rochelle Spencer and Audrey T. Williams, this group exhibition pairs the AfroSurreal Writers Workshop with local artists and Oakland residents to examine how play intersects with urban life.

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

By representing the viewpoint, lived experience, and urban milieu of the banlieues» residents, Bourouissa's depictions of and from the periphery did not

SUPERFLEX 2012 Public space, Bank Street Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation In collaboration with Schul Landscape Architects Commissioned for Sharjah Biennial 12, this temporary public park was designed with input from local residents who were asked to propose urban furniture, playground toys or signage that evoked personal memories for them.

On view at A / D / O, the MINI LIVING URBAN CABIN rethinks the way we live in cities by tapping local residents and culture to inform its experimental solutions.

Restoring urban forests improves residents» quality of life by lowering energy costs, reducing noise pollution, improving outdoor leisure and recreation and increasing neighborhood property values.

As a resident in the Southwest, an area marred by both intensive agriculture and urban sprawl, it seems the answer is much more simple.

Thanks to stepped - up law enforcement in urban areas and more care being taken by Arkansas residents to protect their automobiles, auto theft is currently experience a steep decline.

As a resident of the Waterside at Reston Apartments, you are surrounded by amazing nature and an urban lifestyle.

Increased influenza - related healthcare utilization by residents of an urban Aboriginal community.

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Caribbeans were not accused of gentrification as gentrification is a process of renovation and revival of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of influx of more affluent residents, which results in increased property values and the displacing of lower - income families and small businesses.