"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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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The report also looked at leisure resort areas -- like Cap Ferrat in France, Alibag in India and Phuket, Thailand -- which lag in values compared to urban properties but have the most potential for growth, according to Savills.
They also boost demand for urban infrastructure and housing, which can boost economic growth.
And China is able to maintain its export-led economic growth, generating jobs for its growing urban population, while continuing to attract foreign investment.
Lower Mexican birthrates and the development of other urban alternatives have made La Capital far less a growth hub than once imagined.
His argument is fairly straightforward: packing cities in tightly creates economic growth, but people flee these wealthy urban regions because regulations have strangled market checks on housing prices.
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