"We're going to make better use of land that's already in the urban growth boundary, " Bragdon says.
Most people think that the current water system can cope with urban growth far into the future.
But the larger problem is that rapid urban growth has overwhelmed existing prisons, courts, defence lawyers and police.
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But 150 years of urban growth have left the system unable to cope.
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But the extent of this policy investment, relative to other federal policies that depress urban growth, hardly registers a blip.
Understanding what makes this attractive, fast-growing city tick can tell us much about what urban growth will look like in the coming decades.
Historically most urban growth has been due to natural increase, not migration.
Urban growth is also affecting the quality of Sacramento's air, which is already dirtier than that of most of the country's metropolitan areas.
Today, the acceleration of urban growth, migration, unemployment and the standardization of values is reinforcing prejudices and the lack of understanding of the Brotherhood.
Urban growth has been slow going, along with the company's stock.
The imagery has been used to monitor urban growth, water use, farm production and a variety of natural disasters, from the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
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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The urban growth boundary -- established in 1979 as a way to reduce sprawl and encourage more compact growth -- is the framework around which other political decisions and compromises are made.
Dr Gedney and her colleagues acknowledge that their model does not fully take into account the use of water to irrigate crops particularly important in Asia and Europe nor the question of urban growth.
Metropolitan Portland's 1.5 million population is already putting pressure on housing needs within the urban growth boundary, and another 700, 000 people are expected to move to the area during the next 20 years.
The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.
However, urban areas, although better served than rural areas, are struggling to keep up with urban population growth.
As the state reversed course, taxing the countryside to finance urban development, growth in average household income and poverty eradication slowed while income differences and social tensions widened.
Yet in most demographically healthy urban regions, the growth continues to be primarily in the suburban centers.
During the consultations governance challenges in arid and semi-arid areas were discussed and how institutions can be better equipped to deal with risks and uncertainties, emerging out of climate change, population growth, urban-rural tensions and groundwater pollution.
Urban had disclosed a meager sales growth of 6% in its Q3 sales, with its major brands Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie registering flat and negative 7% comp sales respectively.
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"I suspect the modest growth of the urban cores is a short-term phenomenon, " Mr. Johnson said.
Finally, it is unlikely that cities would be able to accommodate the massive growth promoted by urban boosters, land speculators and policy mavens.
The result is an audience that is largely urban and youthful, and advertising growth of almost 10%.
The county council said the route will reduce traffic congestion and support Lincoln's growth as a principal urban centre.
In some coastal cities, like Shanghai, the middle income trap is changing the growth trajectory of major urban centers.
It predicts a rising global middle class, urban density increases, 50 percent growth in demand for food, water and energy, among many other results.
China's roaring growth driven by urban investment and exports has helped contain this problem.
The government plans to continue limiting the growth rate of the largest urban areas, but to allow more legal migration from the countryside.
Small urban manufacturers can provide the key to this growth.
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