We help people understand how we still maintain our cultural rituals living in urban society.
Indeed, 2007 marked the first time that a majority of the world's 6 billion people were living in urban areas.
When so many of the world's population are now living in urban settings this has far-reaching significance, says Dr Linnell.
Researchers said yesterday they had quantified the price of living in urban sprawl, and weight gain is one of them.
The proportion of Americans living in urban areas rose from 93.2% in 2000 to 93.7% last year, with big cities growing faster than small ones.
They are also more likely to own a mobile phone than those living in urban areas - despite having more places where there is no coverage.
Other issues raised during the debate included the importance of access to green spaces for people living in urban areas and concerns that some schools still allow junk food to be sold in vending machines.
Netatmo allows users to contribute to its Urban Weather Program, creating a wider network for weather data monitoring and pooling to help meteorologists, environmental activists, scientists and people living in urban environments gain a better understanding of the city climate landscape.
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But there's a relative newcomer giving the mayor a run for his money in a race that embodies the changes happening as young urbanites flock to northern New Jersey, looking for some relief from New York City's oppressive rents while still living in an urban area in its orbit.
It is now estimated that around half the world's population is living in an urban environment and the figure is expected to rise over the next few decades.
The researchers found that sitting was associated with a higher death risk after controlling for factors including age, gender, smoking status, physical activity, education, body mass index, as well as living in an urban or city environment.
In Connecticut, where utility rates are the highest in the U.S. after Hawaii, residents who once adored living in an urban forest are getting increasingly frustrated by massive power failures that many fear could become a chronic problem.
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After analysing different sub-groups of bus pass holders, the study found that women over the age of 70 and living in London or in urban areas were significantly more likely to use buses and walk three or more times a week than those without bus passes.
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More than one-third are sprinkled across the southeast, with the vast majority living in Florida and in large urban cities like New York, Chicago and Boston.
And one interesting change in the importance of location is that newly minted graduates of MIT and Harvard want to live and work in an urban environment rather than living in the suburbs and commuting to an office park near a major urban ring road.
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"After living in an intensely urban environment for 12 years I had very fresh eyes, " she said.
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But Boston has added a new branch that is quite similar to San Francisco in that it attracts young technology talent that enjoys living and working in an urban setting.
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They would charge extra for drivers living in accident-heavy urban areas, for homeowners who insist on building in the path of hurricanes, for deadbeats (turns out there's a correlation between low credit scores and accident-proneness) and for teenage boys.
They say that a growing housing backlog, coupled with budgetary constraints and a surge in urbanization rates, means that poorly serviced dwellings are likely to be part of urban living in South Africa for years to come.
Living standards, particularly in urban areas, have risen noticeably in recent years.
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The rise in urban living, the shift away from manual labour, the increase in car use and the availability of cheap energy-dense food are among many factors behind the increase.
To come up with a list of 221 cities, Mercer evaluated local living conditions in more than 460 urban centers worldwide.
"People who move, for a time at least, are living as rural people in an urban setting, " said Kenneth Westgate, of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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The urban poor living in such settlements under terrible conditions of squalor, crime, and insecurity now make up 30-40%t of the population of cities such as Manila, Jakarta, Mexico City, and Lagos.
And perhaps more than anything, the cemetery tourism hobby brings Lugo a sense of peace she can't find in the urban, living jungle.
Jonathan Meades, a broadcaster and food critic living in Marseille, says the young, urban French see British food differently to Chirac's generation.
In general, poor children living in rural areas are more likely than urban children from rich households to repeat grades and leave school before completing primary education and attaining basic foundational skills.
Making a city smart is a formidable task but crucial to the evolution of how we will be living in 2030 when 5 billion people will be urban dwellers.
In Dagucheng as in many Chinese villages, remittances from villagers who have found work in urban areas have helped to raise living standards considerably.
The designation supports developing creative industries, broadening access to culture, raising urban living standards and increasing public participation in civil society, through the growth of digital and electronic technologies.
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