The phrase "development accelerates" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where something is increasing in speed or intensity over time. For example, "The development of renewable energy sources has accelerated dramatically in the last decade."
For the American economist W.W. Rostow, growth proceeds from a traditional society to a transitional one (in which the foundations for growth are developed), to the "take-off" society (in which development accelerates), to the mature society.
Projects like the Société Richemont headquarters may be a natural response to global urbanization and the increasing scarcity of the natural world as development accelerates.
As the pace of development accelerates and populations continue to expand in Southeast Asia, concern has increased regarding the impact of human activity on the region's environment.
Economic development accelerates biological invasion, more invasions cause more ecological and economic damage.
Primary successional landscapes commonly exhibit such heterogeneity in nutrient stoichiometry as soil and community development accelerates in or spreads from foci created by initial plant colonists, and it is possible that these simple gradients promote complex spatial dynamics in colonizing populations.
The company says it will use the new funding to fuel its business development growth, accelerate product development, and hire on both its business and engineering sides.
In the 1990s, malware development accelerated.
Real-estate development accelerated after World War II.
The increased development accelerated erosion, and the famous sand began to wash into the sea.
Development accelerated during the 1920s and '30s with expansion of the London Underground (subway) network.
The report said that the pace of land development accelerated in the 1990's even as land conservation efforts increased.
