EDITORIAL: Urban areas need fair share of state resources.(Editorial)

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY);  December 23, 2005 ;     417 words ......notion that Kentucky's large, thriving urban areas -- Louisville, Lexington and northern...most rural areas, big cities and large urban areas have the energy and capacity to provide...supportive roles, but only Kentucky's dynamic urban areas have the critical mass to introduce...

Some migratory birds just don't like urban areas: Study

The Hindustan Times;  April 2, 2008 ;     691 words ......countering the age-old explanation of why urban areas are so hostile to some kinds of birds...ecologists that common nest predators in urban areas - such as house cats and raccoons...but the birds just didn't seem to like urban areas and gave up more easily. "So much of...

Census shows 90 per cent live in 'urban' areas.

M2 Presswire;  June 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Government: Census shows 90 per cent live in 'urban' areas(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...today. The new report Key Statistics for Urban Areas * looks at 'built-up areas' or urban...comparative picture for all the forms of urban areas that we live in, encompassing cities...

Study links ozone, mortality in urban areas.

M2 Presswire;  November 17, 2004 ;     408 words ......UNIVERSITY: Study links ozone, mortality in urban areas(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...New Haven, Conn. - More people died in urban areas when ground-level ozone was higher during...pollutant, and mortality in 95 large urban areas, covering 40 percent of the U.S. ...

AID PROGRAMME FOR DUTCH URBAN AREAS.

European Report;  February 14, 2001 ;     370 words ......February a development programme for urban areas in the Netherlands over the period 2000-20...undergoing socio-economic change and urban areas in difficulty). The programme amounts...enterprises.The programme covers 11 urban areas in nine of the largest Dutch cities...

The Footprint of Urban Areas on Global Climate as Characterized by MODIS

Journal of Climate;  May 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......changes are especially significant in urban areas where much of the world's population...this purpose, it is useful to contrast urban areas with neighboring nonurban surfaces with...properties are presented here measured over urban areas versus neighboring nonurban areas. ...

Crime on the rise in dist, urban areas

The Hindustan Times;  September 2, 2007 ;     291 words ......rising in the district specially in urban areas. Incidents of murder and dowry killings...snatching thefts have risen. In contrast to urban areas, crime was contained in rural places...2006, two murders had taken place in urban areas where there are nine police stations...

Fifty percent of Chinese population to live in urban areas by...

Xinhua News Agency;  November 6, 2006 ;     187 words ......percent of Chinese population to live in urban areas by 2010: official BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua...the Chinese population will live in urban areas by 2010 and the figure will reach 60...Currently, 41 percent of Chinese live in urban areas, said Shi Nan, Secretary General of...

Curbside Delivery of Freight by Trucks in Downtowns of Small- and...

Institute of Transportation Engineers. ITE Journal;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......LEVELS-NATIONAL, REGIONAL, STATEWIDE AND IN URBAN AREAS OF ALL SIZES. PROBLEMS RELATED TO PICK-U...DOWNTOWNS OF SMALL- TO MEDIUM-SIZED URBAN AREAS, HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ADEQUTE ATTENTION...levelsnational, regional, statewide and in urban areas of all sizes. There are 370 smallto...

Governor Announces Homeland Security Funding For Three Upstate Urban Areas

The Culvert Chronicles;  February 7, 2008 ;     422 words ......announced that three additional Upstate urban areas - Rochester, Syracuse and Albany - will...Homeland security funding under the federal Urban Areas security Initiative (UASI) program...Security included the three Upstate urban areas among 14 that were added to the list...

GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING FOR THREE UPSTATE URBAN AREAS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 1, 2008 ;     432 words ......announced that three additional Upstate urban areas - Rochester, Syracuse and Albany - will...Homeland Security funding under the federal Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) program...Security included the three Upstate urban areas among 14 that were added to the list...

City heat: urban areas' warmth affects plant growth.(This Week)

Science News;  July 10, 2004 ;     501 words ......America show that plants in and around urban areas bud earlier in the spring and retain...have linked increased temperatures in urban areas to longer growing seasons there. The...Spectroradiometer, indicate that each of at least 70 urban areas between northern Florida and southern...

50 percent of Chinese to be in urban areas by 2010

The Hindustan Times;  November 8, 2006 ;     176 words ......percent of all Chinese will live in urban areas by 2010 and the figure will reach 60...Currently, 41 percent of Chinese live in urban areas, said Shi Nan, secretary general of the Urban Planning Society of China. The urban areas have the capacity to accommodate 50...

Cleanup law changes: A victory for urban areas

Michigan Chronicle;  June 6, 1995 ;     700+ words ......06-06-1995 Cleanup law changes: A victory for urban areas. The Michigan Legislature recently passed...Act 307. The reforms should benefit urban areas like Detroit and help smooth the path...for developers looking to invest in urban areas and created a strong incentive for them...

More flowering plants in urban areas

New Straits Times;  October 29, 2002 ;     452 words ......10-29-2002 More flowering plants in urban areas Byline: Johannes Ridu Edition: Main...Nation MIRI, Mon. - In a move to make urban areas more beautiful, the Government has directed...showed that most of the trees planted in urban areas nationwide did not flower. To counter...