Sentences with phrase «urban sprawl»

After all that traipsing around remote beaches, it was good to be in urban sprawl of Davao City, where I met up for drinks with other backpackers passing through.

«One great example is the Alternative Bank of Switzerland, which will not give mortgages to development projects that contribute strongly to an increase in urban sprawl.

His beautiful structures would soar into the air, releasing most of the land now covered by urban sprawl for agriculture, recreation, or wilderness.

A new wave of garden cities is needed to solve Britain's housing shortage and save the countryside from urban sprawl, Nick Clegg has said.

Frank Magliocco, Canadian real estate leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, said there are a number of factors behind the urban growth, including that Canadians are more aware of the environmental costs associated with urban sprawl as well as the cost in time and money of lengthy commutes.

Some metropolitan areas in the state are well known for urban sprawl and long commutes.

As urban sprawl encroaches on the world's arable land, and environmental disasters send food prices soaring, innovators are seeking to take agriculture off the farm.

Why not set similar limits on urban sprawl?»

On the demand side, a better planned city with reduced urban sprawl, greener buildings, and better public transport can reduce a city's carbon footprint while at the same time providing a better quality of life for its citizens and an environment that is more attractive for business.

Communities across the country have been experimenting with various plans for curbing urban sprawl, including using public funds to purchase farms and undeveloped land targeted for development.

Greater restrictions on land use — preventing urban sprawl and therefore limiting housing stock — a higher use of the internet in the home search process and markets where more buyers make decisions based on emotion instead of economics were all associated with higher rates of bidding war sales.

Drivers in Los Angeles rely on GPS or satnav to get anywhere at all in the vast urban sprawl.

A Toronto land transfer tax would make this situation even worse, which in turn would mean less growth in Toronto's taxable assessment base and more urban sprawl resulting in increased commuter gridlock, pollution and frustration levels,» Meehan says.

Just 10 miles south of the city — typically a 30 - 40 minute drive — you will find a place where urban sprawl gives way to an idyllic palm fringed setting.

With new «density» targets favouring multi-family housing, designated urban growth areas and tougher environmental rules, the 2006 plan sought to check urban sprawl while supporting the area's further growth as North America's major economic hub.

My impression as someone who has never been there is that it is a massive urban sprawl without much of a downtown.

On the whole Green Belt has contained urban sprawl which is pretty necessary in a small country like ours otherwise it would become one large housing estate interspersed with B&Q outlets and Tesco ’s

A recent study indicates that while urban sprawl results in more human - bear interactions, human education can hinder negative encounters.

Changing crops, or urban sprawl increases, or melting Greenland and Northern Hemisphere glaciers will surely have an impact on precipitation patterns.

Few contest the need to check urban sprawl, so the main controversy surrounding the Green Belt is the extent to which it is being eroded by planning decisions.

This is the primary reason for Kampala's low density and rapid urban sprawl.

A larger road network with faster speed limits encourages urban sprawl by inducing people to move to suburbs more distant from their jobs, and, more generally, to be more likely to plan longer trips in their cars.

They are opposing urban sprawl, fracking, and expansion of corporate power.

It's likely that the number of strong storms involving rain, snow and hail is also rising because of warming temperatures, not just urban sprawl and expanding development

NEON will monitor how large - scale problems such as climate change, pollution and urban sprawl affect ecosystems as diverse as the Great Lakes and Hawaii.

A photograph of an insect, plant or animal, tagged with the date and location where it was taken, can provide valuable scientific data, e.g., on how urban sprawl impacts local ecosystems or evidence of local, regional or global climactic shifts.

Researchers» recommendations: Implementing instruments to combat urban sprawl to maximum effect requires a high level of regional coordination.

This comparative analysis can help land - use planners control urban sprawl.

In Montreal, the degree of urban sprawl went up 26-fold from 1971 to 2011, while in Quebec City, it rose ninefold.

The spreading urban sprawl, coupled with industrial growth, has yielded increasingly tainted air.

Short - sighted economic gains such as land grabbing, unplanned urban sprawl, unsustainable agriculture and over-consumption lead to unsustainable land use, which eventually causes degradation and loss of critical ecosystem services.

Good teachers are in high demand at this time and as urban sprawl continues there will continue to be a need for all certified teachers.

Unfortunately, land speculation and unregulated urban sprawl threaten to destroy Laguna San Ignacio, one of the last undeveloped gray whale birthing lagoon on the planet.

With an eye to the romantic sublime and another on the burgeoning urban sprawl, Siri Hayes» photographic landscapes are at once lyrical and down - at - heel.

National, state, and local lawmakers are searching for ways to meet housing needs while addressing urban sprawl concerns.

The growth of urban sprawl around the station

Sequester CO2 in the deep ocean Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Limit urban sprawl Use animal feeds that reduce CH4 emissions by belching cows Reduce poverty Slow population growth Fig, p. 481

We don't want instanced housing or open world housing where urban sprawl takes up half the world and people can't find a place to make their home.

Some related reviews have looked at urban sprawl, museum archaeology, the High Line in photographs by Joel Sternfeld, Exit Art's «The Reconstruction,» «Undone» at Altria, skyscrapers at MoMA, and model building for Zaha Hadid.

But it also could prompt greater urban sprawl too, as residents opt to live even further away from work centers since they could work during their commute.

Residents in the smoggy seaside urban sprawl are only allowed to quench their thirsty lawns three times a week for 10 - minute spurts tops.

The first thing you'll notice is that Los Angeles is a sprawling metropolis (the inspiration for the term urban sprawl, in fact), which can make deciding on a location a more difficult endeavor than meets the eye.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is the jewel of Parkland, graduating top - notch students and athletes who grow up in a dignified affluence far removed from the gritty urban sprawl of Miami.

Mr. Carras is of the view that the swift pace of new condo construction in Toronto is simply making up for the decline in construction of single - family homes that is occurring in part because of government policies designed to restrict urban sprawl and promote downtown intensification.

Winemaking's Urban Sprawl During their education as winemakers, Laurie Lewis and Renee Neely had a key realization — they didn't actually want to operate a vineyard...

The scaremongers suggest it is set to create a free - for - all for developers, and paint a lurid picture of uncontrolled urban sprawl.