The phrase "and an increase in the use" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a rise in the frequency or extent of something being utilized.
Example: "The study revealed a correlation between the new policy and an increase in the use of renewable energy sources."
Alternatives: "and a rise in usage" or "and a growth in utilization".
Interviewed by the national homelessness charity Crisis, rough sleepers reported being hosed with water by security guards to make them move on, and an increase in the use of other "deterrent" measures.
Other changes include reduced spending on services such as new play equipment and an increase in the use of volunteers in the centres.
In addition, a decrease in the use of Nonproductive coping strategies and an increase in the use of Productive ones predicted individuals' advancement toward making a career decision.
The main reasons for this are improvements in design methods that have permitted more slender structural designs and an increase in the use of open plan layouts.
He said this included the abolition of multi-buy promotions, and an increase in the use of Alcohol Brief Interventions - when health professionals speak directly to patients or clients and urge them to consider changing their drinking habits.
While water supply is a crucial issue, there is also evidence to suggest that the quality of groundwater supplies is also under threat as a result of salinisation and an increase in the use of agrochemicals.
Of course, with increased use of personal locator beacons has come an increase in the number of people rescued.
And you are going to have an increase in police use of force.
Low prices stimulate an increase in oil use and an intensification in greenhouse-gas emissions.
"To infer that an increase in oxycodone prescribing in the UK will lead to an increase in heroin use makes three or four utterly fallacious assumptions.
A July 2012 University of Michigan study connected the drop in teen drivers to an increase in internet use.
