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population density - Number of cells or individuals per unit. The unit could be an area, or a volume of medium. [FAO]

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Nigeria: Lagos Mega City Project - a Word of Advice for President ...  -  21 Aug 2007
AllAfrica.com,The mass transit mode should be the metro running through the axis where there is high population density - the Lagos-Badagry axis, Lagos-Abeokuta corridor

Why the NBA simply doesn't rate  -  21 Aug 2007
ESPNPlease, NBA: Look at a map of time zones overlapped with the population density of the United States, and get your act together.

Hopping over to Kangaroo Island  -  21 Aug 2007
Times Online,...but because there are no cats, foxes or rabbits on the island (ie predators), added to the very low population density and the fact that a third of the

Nasty-yard bill passes at tense Garland meeting  -  21 Aug 2007
Hot Springs Village Voice,Skoog said as population density increases, it becomes moreimportant to keep property clean. RL "Bill" Carter said the ordinance is unfair to to the poor.

Guest columnist: Lafayette summit will put the focus on preparedness  -  21 Aug 2007
The Daily Advertiser,...to 200 million people could pass away; according to geographical area and population density even if the mortality rate stands at just at 2.5 percent.

Venezuela Launches Massive Plan to Debate Constitutional Reform ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Venezuelanalysis.com,The distribution of initiators, facilitators, and promoters will be in accordance with the population density of every state, for example the Capital

Map plots Beijing's future development  -  Aug 16, 2007
China Daily,The plan places restrictions on the area's population density, construction, infrastructure, public facilities and height of buildings.

Rules of the land distort urban realty  -  Aug 14, 2007
Economic Times,As per the 2001 Census, 10 districts out of the country’s 593 had a population density higher than 12000 per sq km. It is estimated that the growing

How Much Does a New Internet Cost?  -  Aug 19, 2007
Slashdot...with a far far lower population density, it had to be done with far more primitive technology, it had to be done using backward switching technology,

Population Growth and Poor Farming Methods Weigh on the Land  -  Aug 15, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...area of 27834 square kilometres; this gives the nation a population density of 270 inhabitants per square kilometre, according to government figures.

Police ready for polls  -  Aug 5, 2007
Malaysia Star,In some of these places, the number of policemen was disproportionate to the population density, he said. “Some areas with a high population density have

The Remains Of Ames  -  Aug 20, 2007
Hartford Courant,He's marketed the space to retailers of all sizes, he said, but the town lacks the population density, income and projected growth that retailers want.

The population conundrum  -  Aug 7, 2007
Economic Times,Population density from the dawn of human evolution never exceeded more than 2-3 per square mile right up to the Neolithic Revolution about 10000 years ago.

Chernobyl exclusion zone 'not boosting wildlife'  -  Aug 15, 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,Total abundance of birds declined by two-thirds when radiation levels increased, while population density decreased "significantly".

Consider human toll of deer ticks  -  Aug 4, 2007
Danbury News Times,Lynn Gorfinkle's comments (letter, July 31) describing the plan for reducing the deer population density as "bizarre" is itself bizarre because it goes on

3% of population is non-Maltese  -  Aug 11, 2007
Malta Independent Online,On a regional basis, Malta has 1517 inhabitants per square kilometre, which is more than three times as much as the Gozitan population density: 452 people

Who has the right to life?  -  Aug 4, 2007
ABS CBN News,In this case, the solution to population density was not to prescribe who should not be born. Rather, the right solution was crafted - to create more

Tipping to success  -  Aug 20, 2007
Florida Times-Union,Even with the right population density and incomes, Brentwood and its surrounding neighborhoods must cross a significant hurdle.

Mothers Will Spend Nearly $450.00 for Back to School 2007  -  Aug 20, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...including at least one child 7 to 12 years old, was well distributed by region, household size, population density, income and ethnicity.

Police Ready For Next General Election  -  Aug 5, 2007
Bernama,In some of the places where the population had increased, the number of policemen stationed there was disproportionate to the population density, he said.

Digging for an elusive dream  -  Aug 10, 2007
Toronto Star,Though Markham is far from fully built out, it comes at this with a much lower population density than North York had when it embarked on its dream - and

POLIO CASES  -  Aug 20, 2007
Press Information Bureau (press release),The polio virus survived in Moradabad and JP Nagar due to environmental factors such as high population density, poor sanitation, high incidence of

Brattleboro waterfront plans run the gamut  -  Aug 10, 2007
Brattleboro Reformer,It would certainly involve increasing the population density of the area. The challenge would be in matching the developer with a cultural partner.

Officials say heat danger far from over  -  Aug 20, 2007
WMC-TV,It's intensified by the number of people without air conditioners, population density, and a phenomena known as the Urban Heat Island Effect.

Why the rush to Manhattanize LA?  -  Aug 12, 2007
Los Angeles Times,...residential units to the generally low- and mid-rise environment of downtown Brooklyn, making population density in the area among the nation's highest.

Kong Six: Mapping the Road to Tayna  -  Aug 16, 2007
OpEdNews,Population density is on the whole quite low, with a regional average of 14 persons per square kilometer. �?(1) There it is. Buried in the February 2006

Russian Book Retailer Top-Kniga Selects Oracle(R) Retail ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe density and structure of the geographic distribution of Top-Kniga stores corresponds to the country's population density and, therefore, over 60 percent

'Staff might feel their efforts have been in vain'  -  Aug 17, 2007
Edinburgh Evening News,...and Burdiehouse the population density will continue to fall as flats are bulldozed to make way for homes more suitable for bringing up children.

EGR tables second request to expand apartments  -  Aug 15, 2007
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com,The request is for three, five-story buildings with a total of 75 units under the ordinance, which sets aside regulated heights and population density.

Losing their way of life?  -  Aug 18, 2007
News Virginian,When farmers and ranchers face increased population density on neighboring land, they also face increased real estate taxes to cover rising costs for county

Gas Prices Vary Across State of Iowa  -  Aug 20, 2007
kmeg14,...“You have more population density in the eastern corridor of the state you have a lot of industry in the Mississippi River,�? says Brian Crowe,

Nigeria: Lagos Mega City Project and Matters Arising  -  Aug 7, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The mass transit mode should be the metro running through the axis where there is high population density - the Lagos-Badagry axis, Lagos-Abeokuta corridor

Beware the population alarmists  -  Jul 28, 2007
The Monitor, Uganda,If population density is taken as the basic criterion for overcrowding, India and Rwanda (each with over six times the world's average population density)

Towers of cash  -  Aug 5, 2007
Business Standard,Experts opine that India too could go the China way due to the geographical spread and population density. In America, independent tower companies have

Survivors of suicide walk for prevention  -  Aug 19, 2007
Press of Atlantic City,...to the National Center for Health Statistics, the state itself reflects fluctuations in its own rate based on landscape and population density.

Trading places  -  Jul 29, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Meanwhile, the population density of older, working-class suburbs is rising. This is especially true in mostly Latino suburbs, including Pico Rivera,

Fish Kill Funds Concern Investigators  -  Aug 19, 2007
Harrisonburg Daily News Record,...algae, sediment chemistry, pathogens, water temperature, hormones, population density and runoff from land where meth labs were set up.

Rwanda: Country Needs 'Big Push' to Score MDGs  -  Aug 14, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The report further informs Rwanda that it has the highest population density in Africa over 350 inhabitants per square km, and the population is growing at

Property market slowing sharply  -  Aug 17, 2007
Bangkok Post,Instead, they said: "Species richness, abundance and population density of breeding birds decreased with increasing levels of radiation.

The closed door meetings of Mahmoud Abbas  -  Aug 19, 2007
Arab American News,...densely Arab-inhabited areas within the Green Line and, in particular, the Triangle (around the Tulkarm area) which has a very high population density.

Doctors strugglewith shortage; Low population, rural area ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
Newszap Maryland,He said the shortage is attributable to a large geographical area with low population density, making it harder for physicians to make ends meet.

Zimbabwe: Rural Living Standards Now Apply in the Capital  -  Aug 2, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...although the metropolitan area's population density has produced its own quirks, such as untreated sewage spilling onto the streets.

Pressure builds on busy East  -  Jul 24, 2007
Village Voice.com.au,Despite the Eastern Suburbs boasting some of the country's highest rates of population density, the report suggests that Woollahra will accommodate 2900 new

Crowd turns out for GVW meeting  -  Aug 16, 2007
Aiken Standard (subscription),Committee member Charles Hilton explained that by law, the committee had to use entire Census tracts to calculate the required population density of at

Massive Bombings Signal Rising Threat to Iraq's Ethnic Minorities  -  Aug 17, 2007
AlterNet,..."This is a very remote area in Nineveh, and the security in this part of the province was not a concern as it is in places where the population density is

Dense Canadian suburb gives Tigard an anti-sprawl antidote  -  Aug 8, 2007
OregonLive.com,..."It's very impressive how they deal with transportation and population density," said Sydney Sherwood, Tigard City Council president.

Pressure mounts for commuter rail  -  Aug 16, 2007
Hope Standard,But “the Fraser Valley does not have sufficient population density to maintain service on the south side of the Fraser River,�? he said.

Caught in the crossfire  -  Aug 13, 2007
NDTV.com,No mean feat when one considers the biotic pressure of a population density unimaginable for most of the world. But we are sinking nevertheless.

Immigration compromise too little, too late  -  Aug 1, 2007
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis,...it would be vastly preferable that an immigrant comes to the United States over nations like India - whose population density is 10 times that of the US

Sharks attack in South Carolina – a rare occurrence  -  Aug 12, 2007
NorthMyrtleBeachOnline.com,While it is true that the more aggressive Tiger and Bull sharks migrate into this area, their population density is higher in Florida than in the Coastal

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