Its deadliness was linked, among other things, to the weakness of buildings, the depth of the quake, the density of population, the fault and soil types, and the intensity of the shaking.
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"Israel has said that given the density of the population in Gaza - they did the best they could to avoid civilians, " he said in an interview with the US network CNN.
And that was at a time when the congestion arising from development and population density of the area was nothing like what it is today.
Levels of key nutrients, such as phosphate and nitrate, are highest in the Midlands, East and South of the country where population density is highest and farming methods the most intense.
Because of population growth and density in the Himalayas, hundreds of thousands may be at risk particularly in India, where the government and the United Nations Development Programme have identified 38 cities with more than half a million people located in the most seismically active regions.
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Moreover, with the exception of the continent's handful of natural resource-rich, low population-density countries like Angola (see my September 9, 2008 column advocating an intensified strategic engagement with the geopolitically significant Southern African country), most of America's would-be partners are constrained by lack of the financial wherewithal to upgrade their capabilities to meet even short-term priorities.
Clearwire is not building a nationwide system but will focus on large communities with population density where the bulk of the demand is centered.
While the residents of Samso can take advantage of their island's blustery weather, open spaces and low-population density to be carbon neutral, the success of wind energy on a global scale may come down to simple economics.
Leaving aside the fact that Scottish North Sea oil has subsidised Westminster governments since 1979 (and that the true extent of oil reserves was deliberately hidden from the Scottish public, for fear of inflaming nationalist sentiment), you ignore the significance of Scotland's low population density.
The risk of loss of lives and economic disaster in the southern Mediterranean is high due to strong population density along its coasts: around 150 million people concentrated in 46, 000 kms of coastline, 110 million of them living in cities bordering the sea and some 200 million tourists visiting the area every year.
Population density not only increased the vulnerability of urban centres but magnified the impact of natural disasters, delegates heard.
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Clearly, the success of Detroit Future City depends on building population density around certain neighborhoods that are already in decent shape and stabilizing home values there.
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For Riis, the slum's biggest problem wasn't population density, lack of sunlight or even disease.
Certainly sustained economic growth, low density and more affordable housing all clearly continue to push the center of population gravity toward certain Sun Belt cities, primarily in the Southeast and Texas.
As I describe above, the 2000 favelas in the municipality of Sao Paulo are a vast terrain whose expanse and extreme population density are a deterrent to easy policing and even state military action.
In the course of millennia of Chinese governance, they have gained almost no experience whatsoever with low population density, high-trust societies, institutions free of corruption, or a relationship of transparency between the state and those it governs.
Tourism is creating other problems for the local environment, too, including increased population density, over-dependence on wood as a fuel and construction source and the overgrazing and cutting of mountain slopes to feed livestock.
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