They can take advantage of environmental characteristics, like cool climate, to design more-passive systems.

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The work could include sculptures or "street furniture", and must be relevant to the site and the borough's "historical, cultural and environmental characteristics", the authority said.

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Nowadays, the Network includes four Centres: Pedoulas Community, Salamiou Community, Athalassa region, Akrotiri Community, which have been established in small communities with particular environmental and cultural characteristics.

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So it's not surprising that despite their increase in employment, the families remain vulnerable to hazardous environmental conditions and poor health conditions and other characteristics of poor families.

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These technologies increase crop yields and offer a variety of crop-specific benefits, including better nutrients, improved resistance to pests, drought-resistance and other characteristics that allow farmers to grow more with less environmental impact.

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Although people in every population come in all shapes and sizes, body types and physiological characteristics follow a Gaussian distribution curve as a result of evolutionary adaptations by our ancestors to extremely varied environmental challenges.

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