Lady Liberty towers in her green bronze toga over the concrete jungle and waterways.

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Sure enough, the car gets around the concrete jungle pretty entertainingly.

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By the late 1960's however, the African Queen had swapped the big screen and the rural hinterland of the Congo for the concrete jungle of San Francisco.

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Known as the Garden City of the Gulf, it is a welcome contrast to the concrete jungle of construction and development so often seen in cities in this part of the world.

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Yet the son of the traditional chief of the Huni Kiu Kaxinawa tribes in Brazil has swapped the rainforest for the concrete jungle, and now calls the Big Apple home.

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At around the age of 8, Akon left the "jungle" of Senegal for the "concrete jungle" of New Jersey.

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For example, PLAN NYC, the sustainability agenda for the eastern US concrete jungle, includes a proposal to ensure that all New Yorkers live within a 10-minute walk of a park.

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The old front on Beach Road long ago lost sight of the sea and the hotel itself nearly disappeared in a concrete jungle of new hotels and office blocks.

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It also used to be described as the green city in the sun, but now it more resembles a concrete jungle.

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He said the plan would turn parts of Medway and Kent into a concrete jungle.

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The garden is a jungle of hundreds of life-sized concrete figures, painted or decorated with coloured glass and wirework.

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