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In this week's magazine | The Brexit lies

Edit New Statesman 29 Jun 2016
A first look at this week's issue. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img="">. 1 - 7 July issue. The Brexit lies ... ... This was a quietly devastating revolt by the English heartlands – southern and western suburbs; the urban sprawls of the Midlands and the north; former mining areas and devastated ex-industrial towns – against London, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the so-called elites ... ....

Egan: In whole or part, Lincoln Fields on demolition block

Edit Canada Dot Com 27 Jun 2016
In a candid interview, RioCan chief executive officer Edward Sonshine said the sprawling, two-level mall, wedged between western Carling Avenue and Richmond Road, "is not doing well." ... Pushback against urban sprawl has meant intensification is strongly underway in inner cities, leading to 50- and 60-storey towers in places once thought unthinkable....

Which states have the safest drivers?

Edit WPTV 27 Jun 2016
 . The personal car changed how people live their lives, but driving also causes many injuries and deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 30,000 people are killed in car accidents annually in the U.S. In 2013, these deaths amounted to $44 billion lost in medical and work costs ... By 1991, the U.S ... Additionally, they tend to be less urbanized and more sprawling, which increases the need to drive ... ....

CyArk and Iron Mountain Join Forces to Provide Virtual Reality Access to 18th Century Buddhist ...

Edit Stockhouse 27 Jun 2016
CyArk and Iron Mountain Join Forces to Provide Virtual Reality Access to 18th Century Buddhist Temple in Taiwan ... IRM), two organizations dedicated to preserving world heritage sites ... The threat of destruction from these forces has never been higher, making world heritage sites like the Lukang Longshan Temple more endangered from terrorism, intentional destruction, rising sea levels, acid rain, excessive tourism and urban sprawl ... CyArk....

CyArk and Iron Mountain Join Forces to Provide Virtual Reality Access to 18th Century Buddhist Temple in Taiwan (Iron Mountain Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jun 2016
(Source. Iron Mountain Inc). By applying evolving virtual reality technology to the preservation of ancient artifacts, the world will have a unique opportunity to virtually visit the Temple ... The threat of destruction from these forces has never been higher, making world heritage sites like the Lukang Longshan Temple more endangered from terrorism, intentional destruction, rising sea levels, acid rain, excessive tourism and urban sprawl....

The green mile

Edit Indian Express 26 Jun 2016
... being on reconciling conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use.” It is indeed a daunting challenge, this reconciliation of conservation and sustainable use, and increasingly so with threats from high impact activities such as mining, road, rail and port construction, damming of rivers, industrial projects and the growing urban sprawl....

Bonita company Metro Forecasting Models aims to predict the future

Edit Naples Daily News 25 Jun 2016
In 2006, Collier County hired Van Buskirk and Carleton Ryffel, then-partners in Van Buskirk, Ryffel and Associates Inc., to help it develop an interactive growth model so it could better predict population growth, develop different growth scenarios and meet the demands of future residents in the rural area east of Collier Boulevard, while discouraging urban sprawl....

Development encroaches on old cemeteries as urban sprawl takes over more open prairie

Edit Star Telegram 24 Jun 2016
Graves surrounded by buildings and parking lots are becoming more familiar sights in cities ... ....

BirdLife Cyprus calls for better forest protection

Edit Topix 24 Jun 2016
In light of the tragic fire events that broke out in the Solea area over the last days BirdLife Cyprus has highlighted the imperative need for forests and natural habitats to be protected from urban sprawl. In a statement on Thursday, BirdLife Cyprus said ... ....

Water-scarce & unlivable: that's B'luru in 2020

Edit Deccan Herald 24 Jun 2016
“Bengaluru would witness 93% of urban cover and only 7% of open spaces and green cover in 2020 ... In addition to higher air pollutants and sharp decline in groundwater table, the urban sprawl has reduced green spaces (88% decline in vegetation) and wetlands (79% decline) in this period,” the paper says. The researchers highlight the drastic reduction in green spaces due to unrealistic urban growth in the last four decades ... ....

Parramatta River: restoring endangered ecosystems and native species to improve swimmability (University of Western Sydney)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016
(Source. University of Western Sydney) ... Due to Parramatta River recovering from decades of industrial water pollution and increased urban development, there is an urgent need to protect the endangered ecosystems and remaining native plant and animal species in the catchment. Ian Wright, environmental science lecturer at Western Sydney University, says Sydney's urban sprawl is transforming the Parramatta River catchment ... Ends. 24/06/2016....

Even Booming Bay Area Sees an Exodus

Edit The American Spectator 23 Jun 2016
To battle “climate change” and “urban sprawl,” the state and local governments have constricted housing supply and neglected infrastructure ... Even though state policy has forced these folks over the coastal ranges to be able to afford a look-alike tract home in a former bean field, you can count on those same officials condemning such “urban sprawl.” California officials are more about punishment than incentives....

World's first autonomous 3D printed electric minibus can also talk with you (Video)

Edit Treehugger 23 Jun 2016
Some believe that they could cause more congestion and more urban sprawl, yet they could also make our cities greener ... that urban transportation ecosystems are going to evolve, so there are many critical questions that citizens, cities and companies have to seriously consider in order to create smart, accessible and livable cities in the future....
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