This is in keeping with the general trend in the world that more specialized care is available in urban centers than in rural areas due to better support facilities in the urban centers.

Source National Statistics Office, 2000a.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Light contamination and hot spots could impact Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian urban centers some distance away.

In 1991, the 12 classified centers as cities had started to have a population of 2.5 million inhabitants.

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

Urban centers worldwide revolve around shops, whether on main street or at the mall, with many consumers viewing shopping as a leisure activity.

Most workers in the urban centers were immigrants from West Africa and Lebanon, with some also from North Africa.

Urban centers became well developed, especially the territories of what is today Sofia due to the abundance of mineral springs.

Community centers like Florida House provide urban areas with a central location to learn about urban agriculture and to begin to integrate agriculture with the urban lifestyle.

Followers of Islam make up less than 2 of the population, and this is primarily due to an influx of foreign workers into the urban centers.

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

Indeed, 25 years of reforms have changed nothing of China's one country with two systems a model that segregates China's urban centers from its agricultural areas, with development of the former realized at the expense of the latter.

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

All the main centres within this region are connected by paved roads.

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

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

There are approximately 45,000 Catholics, many of whom are ethnic Vietnamese, concentrated in major urban centers and surrounding areas along the Mekong River in the central and southern regions of the country.

The violence is a symptom of the growing political instability in Madagascar that is affecting urban centers as well as rural communities.

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

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

A specialized police morality squad has launched a campaign to curb prostitution, especially in the major cities.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

One of the methods used in the urban centers is to initiate the abortion, and later direct it to the hospital to complete the process in an operating room.

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

HIV AIDS testing facilities are available in all major medical centers and labs. But, it's when one has tested positive that the problem starts it then becomes extremely difficult for the afflicted.

The village stood near a network of roads that led to a many urban centers and was linked by a secondary road to the Jaffa Jerusalem Highway.

In the context of urban policy, performance indicators for dealing with domestic violence have been formulated in conjunction with the major cities.

Generally the party had its main base in urban areas, and could not muster rural tribal forces against the government.

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.

But the same economic stimuli that underpin higher food output also lead to supply problems, a decline in living standards, and massive social strains, especially in urban centers.

More than half of the world s population is urban, for the first time in history, and urban hubs generate an estimated 80 of global GDP.

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

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

Specifically, any prolonged period of sub 7 growth could encourage opposition and dissent not only in the countryside, but also in urban centers.