Sentence examples for control over land use from inspiring English sources

"These people don't understand that we don't have control over land use".

As residents have watched the amount of open space dwindle, some have sought to gain some control over land use.

That legislation, which is expected to be approved this year, would give the island's government much greater control over land use and finances.

After Mao's death, the introduction of a new economic policy, starting in 1979, opened the nation to foreign investment and restored private control over land use.

"Some of these small towns, like Bethlehem, are in deep anxiety over finding a way to have some control over land use, without zoning per se," he said.

The RAC has been locked in a long-running dispute over leases with the NLC, as the organisation sought long-term economic development and greater control over land use.

The council said that limits would include tough controls on market access, reinforced environmental supervision and stricter controls over land use, as well as guidance to the state-controlled banking industry not to bend lending standards for these industries.

Mr. Barnes, who declined to discuss the issue today, has made controlled growth a centerpiece of his tenure, persuading state lawmakers in 1999 to create a regional transportation agency that has broad powers over land use and construction.

Concern over land use for non-food bioenergy crops requires breeding programmes that focus on producing biomass on the minimum amount of land that is economically-viable.

Most importantly, it would empower farmers, and perhaps even end the tyranny of village officials who use their control over land to fill their pockets.

Thus, the aristocracy's direct control over land and the populace was reduced.