"After living in an intensely urban environment for 12 years I had very fresh eyes, " she said.
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"They contrast between the solitary pansy and the high rise urban environment it was planted is profound, " he said.
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The researchers are learning a great deal about emissions in the urban environment.
"We want to make it easy for you to live in an urban environment with a dog, " Ms. Salusbury said.
But in the sort of accident the iQ is likely to have in an urban environment, it seems pretty fortified.
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In a different urban environment just one train stop from the hubbub of Glasgow's central station, another beekeeper is checking on his hives.
The picture conveys a vivid sense of the dangers, both physical and emotional, of day-to-day existence in this ravaged urban environment.
Not until the late 1980s and 1990s did architects grapple once again with how to incorporate garages into the urban environment.
One of its main goals is to sustain a peaceful urban environment.
Some New Orleans neighborhoods remind me of pre-1980 Greenwich Village, offering a charming urban environment without either the extortionate price tag or oppressive density.
In an urban environment, he says, paddlers typically don't have to worry about potentially dangerous whitewater and are only minutes away from emergency medical care if necessary.
Allied with the island's compact urban environment -- huge expanses of open space are rare -- and you get an unhealthy "visual lifestyle, " says the health ministry's Rajan.
The students designed a progressive urban environment that can handle large amounts of storm-water runoff by using green technologies and major roadways as storm-water filtration and transport surfaces.
It is now estimated that around half the world's population is living in an urban environment and the figure is expected to rise over the next few decades.
The potential for mobile devices to transform the urban environment is of particular interest to Anthony Townsend, an urban planner at the Taub Urban Research Centre at New York University.
For the i3, the BMW Hofmeister kink, a low forward bend in the C-pillar of the car, holds the glass and maximizes visibility to connect passengers to the urban environment.
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He added that it was more likely the driver would be able to actively operate the vehicle in some places, but once he or she got into a controlled urban environment, the vehicle would take over.
Dedicated to offering the public "powerful experiences with art and the urban environment, " the fund's other projects have included bringing Jeff Koons's topiary-puppy sculpture to Rockefeller Center and Rob Pruitt's statue of Andy Warhol to Union Square.
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And one interesting change in the importance of location is that newly minted graduates of MIT and Harvard want to live and work in an urban environment rather than living in the suburbs and commuting to an office park near a major urban ring road.
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The researchers found that sitting was associated with a higher death risk after controlling for factors including age, gender, smoking status, physical activity, education, body mass index, as well as living in an urban or city environment.
Although for developers like Urban Splash or the Environment Trust, or similar private, trust or charity based organisations, there is the scope to listen to residents, for most large developers, their overriding concern is to their shareholders whose interests (profit maximisation) are opposite to those of local residents (community focus, low energy-cost housing, etc.).
Is this project related to the built environment or the urban residential setting?
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The Segway Human Transporter may or may not change the face of urban transportation, save the environment and bring back Elvis, but it is a pisser to ride.
Investing in infrastructure could enhance market efficiencies, promote green jobs, improve the environment and provide needed employment opportunities in urban and rural communities, as well as on Native American Tribal Lands.
The conference sessions will have deliberations on various topics such as urban reforms, safety and security, energy efficiency, environment, affordable housing and e-governance.
It envisages a new space which will be "Glasgow's primary urban space", with a "day and night environment" that supports creativity and is a "world class tourist destination".
In the current environment, the e-commerce channel is driving Urban Outfitters and the overall apparel industry including holiday sales.
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Others put the future of humanity into stark context, warning that our rate of urban growth is unsustainable and destructive to communities and to the environment.
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Today, our cities are faced with overdevelopment that has simultaneously damaged our environment, isolated low-income communities in the urban core, and maintained an unsustainable economic model.
C. to Boston, bike sharing has become an increasingly popular way for people to travel around urban environments while decreasing vehicular congestion and doing something positive for the environment.
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