But, as the centre or kingside became more open, an advantage in development increased in value.
He recalled that when a new lane was added to the Taconic Parkway near his home in Yorktown, traffic congestion disappeared quickly only to return as development increased.
This development increased the demand for canny mediators – human shock absorbers for the colliding, narrowly construed interests of one of the world's largest cities.
As development increased and thousands of acres of wetlands were filled in, the ditches in the surviving wetlands became avenues for pollutants.
"There is abundant evidence to show that gender equality and the economic empowerment of women leads to faster economic development, increased competitiveness and more prosperous communities," he said.
As congestion and commercial development increased, Ms. Griffin helped form the Lake Grove Civic Association to keep the area's residential character.
Mr. Rosenbaum said that between 1974 and 1981, federal support for all forms of energy research and development increased 475percentt.
Mr. Stern noted that real estate development increased 35 percent last year from the previous year, a sign of a bubble.
In London's Kensington and Chelsea neighborhoods, planning applications for subterranean development increased to 225 in 2011 from 179 in 2009, according to the borough.
The tribe wants all of this, but after a century of living with a tamed river and adapting as development increased on the peninsula, there is also concern.
Economic development increased and diversified with the opening (1844) of the Erie Extension (or Beaver-Erie) Canal and with railway construction in the 1850s.
