The two major sources of solid waste in the marine environment are urban centres (up to 75 per cent) and commercial and tourist activities

The department provides 14.1 million in annual operating funding for 17 emergency transitional shelters and four service providers located primarily in Alberta's major urban centres.

The major roads connecting the major urban centres, in particular Route 13, have been significantly upgraded in recent years, but villages far from major roads can be reached only through unpaved roads that may not be accessible year round.

The Government of Sri Lanka regarded the urban centres that were emerging all over the country as a major driving force in the expansion of its economy.

Malawi continues to establish youth centres in urban and rural areas.

The transfer of three other major urban centres in the West Bank Nablus, Jenin and Hebron has been left by the parties for discussion at a later date.

Immigrants and members of visible minority communities, who make up 28 per cent of Canadian youth, tend to live in major urban centres and face linguistic and cultural challenges.

The issue is much more evident in small and medium sized urban centres

Second, by the creation of economic opportunities in urban centres and areas outside drylands.

Most coastal urban centres do not have a municipal policy for solid waste management

Many refugees and asylum seekers were detained for being in urban centres without authorization.

Coastal urban centres are generating annually 30 to 40 million tonnes of municipal solid waste.

Preschool education is not regulated by organic law and exists only in certain urban centres.

In the urban centres life expectancy for women is 74 years compared to 67 years for men.

Sea disposal of solid wastes is still a common practice for small and medium sized urban centres

Upgrading Women's Studies Centres at five major universities to full fledged departments.

The study shows that the major source of litter into the marine environment is from coastal urban centres owing to the lack of coastal solid waste management, to inadequate management or to the failure of such management.

With the rapidly changing social environment, even this safety net is fraying, most notably in the urban centres.

The Government is planning to set up such centres in all major cities.

High levels of violent crime in several major urban centres continue to characterize the region and, as a result, responding effectively to disaffected young people in large cities and the associated problem of criminal gangs remains a critical challenge.

In the 21st century, modern pharmaceuticals and medical procedures remain inaccessible to large numbers of African people due to their relatively high cost and concentration of health centres in urban centres.

Also notable are the high economic growth rates in Afghanistan's urban centres over the past three and a half years.

One company is responsible for producing and distributing electricity in the Niger and it covers only the main urban centres.

Within the urban centres the Municipal Councils of Port Vila and Luganville have both been supporting women's participation in economic development.

This is the case in Vanuatu where few births, deaths and marriages are registered, either in urban centres or rural areas.

Tens of thousands more have become night commuters , travelling nightly by foot from IDP camps to urban centres to avoid abduction.

Major conurbations The Greater London Urban Area is by far the largest urban area in England and one of the busiest cities in the world.

Use of electricity is limited to the urban centres and towns where 72 per cent of dwellers use this medium for light.

Thus far, 450 e learning centres had been opened throughout the country, providing training opportunities to students in rural and urban areas.

The conference report stresses the strategic importance of investing in physical infrastructure (telecommunications, electricity and roads) that link rural areas to urban centres.

With the increase in population, a shift away from the rural communities toward urban centres, this important cultural safety net is slowly diminishing.

Palestinian militants staged a number of attacks with mortar and Qassam rocket fire against Israeli settlements, as well as urban centres inside Israel.

The issue of the aging caregivers in urban centres also requires attention as Vanuatu does not have institutional care facilities for people with disabilities.

Micro trafficking in drugs also constitutes a major source of income for poor people in urban areas.

Against the background of unmet obligations under the road map and insufficient progress on the Sharm el Sheikh understandings, the joint Israeli Palestinian committees dealing with fugitives, prisoners and the transfer of major urban centres in the West Bank did not meet in the past month.

There are major differences in transport energy consumption between cities an average U.S. urban dweller uses 24 times more energy annually for private transport than a Chinese urban resident, and almost four times as much as a European urban dweller.

UN Habitat has launched two major global campaigns, one for secure tenure and the other on urban governance.

The airport has direct flights from South Africa's other two main urban areas, Johannesburg and Durban, as well as flights to smaller centres in South Africa.

The centres have been placed in locations convenient to the public, such as shopping malls and major public transportation hubs.

Chigbu, 2013) on rural and urban communities have found that sense of community is a major factor in development.

On 27 April, martial law was declared in 11 of 67 provinces, including major urban areas and Kurdish regions.

Over the past three and a half years, significant economic growth has taken place in the urban centres and food security has improved, with record crop yields.

Basic services such as electricity and waste collection have yet to be restored even in major urban centers like Baghdad.

Per capita income is relevant where there are large concentrations of income and revenue, which is the case in urban centres or populated locations that have basic services.

The Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.