Sentences with phrase «urbanizing regions»
The authors of the study say their findings could have important implications in future land - use — particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions where some wildlife still persist.
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Aerosol pollution in China is heavily concentrated in industrialized, urbanized regions, while remote, thinly populated areas have much cleaner air.
Urban heat islands can increase the average temperatures over quite large distances (the entire urbanized region).
In the highly urbanized region of the Middle East and North Africa, cities need to lead the transition towards a low carbon development.
Latin America is one of the most urbanized regions in the world, and although cities have grown in a disorderly and informal way they are some of the most populated cities in the world.
Not exact matches
According to the Census Bureau, 84 % of U.S. citizens live in Metropolitan Statistical Areas - defined as a region with at least one urbanized area of population 50,000 or more.
Today, Latin America is more urbanized than any other part of the world — 85 percent of its population will live in cities by 2025 — placing the region at the forefront of the fight to reduce food waste in the urban environment.
«As Asia's population continues to grow and to urbanize at unprecedented rates, food insecurity in the region could worsen unless action is taken now.
Different regions are urbanizing at different rates, as the chart below illustrates.
It's been fascinating to see how places like the Saunders family farm have grown in significance, not only for the cultural value and contributing to the unique character of the region, but simply for being proximate to urbanized areas.
But as the region urbanizes, pollution levels in the lake have increased and access to clean water for disadvantaged
While Africa and Asia are urbanizing rapidly, the regions are still home to nearly 90 per cent of the world's rural population.
World Bank: - While South Asia is among the most densely populated regions in the world, it is also one of the least urbanized.
«I will continue to support their efforts because green roofs help improve the quality of our region's critical water resources, particularly by reducing stormwater runoff in highly urbanized areas.»
About 15 percent of the urbanized land in the Miami region could be inundated.
About 2 % of all landmasses have been urbanized, although urban zones in desert regions net additional thermal reservoir is rather minimal.
It is predicted that the region will become increasingly urbanized as cities expand to absorb migrants in search of economic opportunities.