"increasing urbanization"

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28 December 2024

A street view in Munich, Germany, on December 24, 2024, highlights modern residential apartment buildings and urban development. The scene reflects the ongoing issues of high rental costs, lack of affordable housing, and the increasing demand for social housing in one of Germany's most competitive housing markets.

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#11900338

28 December 2024

A street view in Munich, Germany, on December 24, 2024, highlights modern residential apartment buildings and urban development. The scene reflects the ongoing issues of high rental costs, lack of affordable housing, and the increasing demand for social housing in one of Germany's most competitive housing markets.

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#11420367

19 July 2024

In the town of Bhaktapur, a group of sparrows is constructing nests on the tangled wires of the electric pole. However, due to the increasing number of concrete houses, these birds are rarely being seen, primarily because of the lack of trees, on July 19, 2024.

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#11089705

22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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#11089706

22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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#11089707

22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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#11089708

22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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#11089709

22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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#11089710

22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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#11089711

22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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#11089713

22 March 2024

High-rise buildings are standing in the Hexi CBD in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that from January to February 2024, China's fixed asset investment is increasing by 4.2% year-on-year, which is a growth rate 1.2 percentage points higher than that of 2023; overall investment, excluding investment in property development, is rising by 8.9 percent.

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#9902420

13 April 2023

Climate change, deforestation, and urbanization are some of the major risk factors behind the increasing number of outbreaks of viruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya around the world, warns a study by the World Health Organization. The study says the incidence of infections caused by these mosquito-borne illnesses, which thrive in tropical and subtropical climates, has grown dramatically in recent decades. The report says cases of dengue have increased from just over half a million globally in 2000 to 5.2 million in 2019. A female Aedes albopictus (Stegomyia albopicta) , also known as the (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito is in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 13/04/2023.

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#9902424

13 April 2023

Climate change, deforestation, and urbanization are some of the major risk factors behind the increasing number of outbreaks of viruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya around the world, warns a study by the World Health Organization. The study says the incidence of infections caused by these mosquito-borne illnesses, which thrive in tropical and subtropical climates, has grown dramatically in recent decades. The report says cases of dengue have increased from just over half a million globally in 2000 to 5.2 million in 2019. A female Aedes albopictus (Stegomyia albopicta) , also known as the (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito is in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 13/04/2023.

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#8354980

5 June 2022

Environmental activists sampled plastic waste on Palu Bay Beach, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on June 5, 2022. The sampling is to ensure the level of pollution of plastic waste, especially plastic packaging in the region, to be reported to the government in order to take countermeasures. Indonesia is the second largest producer of marine plastic waste in the world after China with a waste volume of 3.8 million tons per year. This figure is increasing in line with population growth and urbanization that occurs. The Government of Indonesia has developed an Action Plan to Reduce Plastic Waste in the Ocean and targets to reduce the volume of plastic waste in the ocean by 30 percent for plastic packaging waste by 2028 and 70 percent for plastic waste in the ocean as a whole by 2024.

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#8354982

5 June 2022

Environmental activists sampled plastic waste on Palu Bay Beach, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on June 5, 2022. The sampling is to ensure the level of pollution of plastic waste, especially plastic packaging in the region, to be reported to the government in order to take countermeasures. Indonesia is the second largest producer of marine plastic waste in the world after China with a waste volume of 3.8 million tons per year. This figure is increasing in line with population growth and urbanization that occurs. The Government of Indonesia has developed an Action Plan to Reduce Plastic Waste in the Ocean and targets to reduce the volume of plastic waste in the ocean by 30 percent for plastic packaging waste by 2028 and 70 percent for plastic waste in the ocean as a whole by 2024.

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