The Republican bill would also give coastal states undue authority over national resources, allowing each one to dictate federal energy policy to 49 others and create an inefficient and uncoordinated patchwork of development.
Moving around you will see a patchwork of developments that taken together do not yet add up to a coherent whole.
The first part of the journey is visibly hemmed in by modern life, thanks to a concrete ribbon of embankments and an architectural patchwork of housing developments, but soon the river returns to a more unchanging landscape.
Incorporating developing communities into our lexicon portrays the world as a patchwork of variably developed communities that does not conform to national boundaries - a framework that more accurately reflects the reality of development.
Home to the world's tallest building (the Burj Khalifa) and a seemingly endless patchwork of ambitious new developments, this city is in the throes of a constant metamorphosis; always changing, undeniably interesting.
"The Constitution and the federal immigration laws do not permit the development of a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country," the suit says.
The Justice Department filed suit against Arizona last week, stating, "The Constitution and the federal immigration laws do not permit the development of a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country".
The bay is a home or a migratory stopover for 300 species of birds, but its marshlands and waters have suffered from proximity to Kennedy International Airport, intensive development and the patchwork nature of the parklands surrounding it.
It said the plan could "undermine the competitiveness of the Port of Felixstowe, and added: "It would set a very worrying precedent for the development of a patchwork of local tolls on the Highways Agency network".
The shortcomings of selective and disease centred approaches have become apparent with the development of a patchwork of health interventions lacking coordination and sustainability [ 14, 15].
Sectoral Investment Programmes (SIPs), introduced in the late 1990s by the World Bank, appeared to offer a solution to this fragmentation of development assistance and the patchwork approach to coordination, with their focus on integration and the development of coherent programmes, in preference to individual projects [ 11].
