Biden expressed surprise over President Ahmadinejad's reported margin of victory especially in urban areas where Iran's opposition appeared strongest.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

But improving the agricultural sector alone will not solve the growing poverty in urban areas where 40 percent of the population is unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

"So they continue to practice rituals and norms that they have inherited whereas there is a bit of move away in the urban areas."

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

"African-American men in the south have the lowest life expectancy, along with African-American men living in high-risk urban areas, places like downtown Los Angeles."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

He says it is increasingly important to do this analysis in connection with urbanization because more than half of the world population lives in urban areas.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"The pollution issues are even more acute in the big urban areas,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

For most of them,everything's rosy. Once dismissed as lowly junior colleges and commuter schools in urban areas where students could walk or take public transit to class, these two-year colleges are attracting tens of thousands of students who would normally enroll in four-year private or state universities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

Phosphorous from detergents often contaminates urban stormwater, while nitrogen comes primarily from fertilizer use in agricultural areas.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04