Sentence examples for civic environment from inspiring English sources

Not just technologically innovative, railway stations, with their remarkable complexity, scale and transparency, introduced a new kind of civic environment -- one of crowds temporarily assembled at vast temples of distribution.

But race is still a very big deal in the United States, which is precisely why black leaders like Mr. Fenty and Mr. Obama try so hard to behave as though they are governing in some sort of pristine civic environment in which the very idea of race has been erased.

Meanwhile recruitment is hobbled by the fact that the city offers less pay than the suburbs, even though city jobs make demands that suburban teachers rarely face -- including the hassle of ensuring order in large and unwieldy classes and introducing students who speak 140 different languages to a new educational and civic environment.

Neighborhood empowerment is exactly what the 3,500 signers of our petition and the 300 people who turned out at the community meeting are after: the right, and indeed the duty, of citizens to take part in the shaping of their civic environment.

I have no doubt that the same great minds who are actively driving new platforms for commerce and engagement can formulate a new product (or adapt an existing one) that allows elected officials to engage the American people in a civic environment without paid ads and political spending.

If the social algorithms that size us up and make educated guesses about what we'd like are narrowing our exposure to challenging political views, for instance, that might help explain a political and civic environment that appears to be increasingly polarized.

Instead, it has to offer numerous competing cultural attractions which bring in not only tourists and culture vultures but the kind of young professionals and knowledge-workers attracted to high-end civic environments.

As can be seen in cities with admirable civic environments like Portland Oregon, engagement is a culture and not a one-time process or event.

These behaviors arise within a range of environments and activities that occur online, including learning environments, civic participation, social support, content production, and information environments (Rutledge, 2013).

Muslim American communities are facing the most hostile civic and political environment since days, weeks and months after 9/11.

Riding a motorcycle is a thrilling activity — a family activity — that teaches balance, stamina and agility, as well as stewardship of the environment, civic participation and fair play.