The phrase "pockets of development" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to refer to areas of growth or progress within a larger area or system that is otherwise stagnant. For example: "Even in the midst of a downtrodden economy, there are still pockets of development that indicate a brighter future."
Government reforms will mainly benefit pockets of development in the south, where investors want to go.
Most typical of suburban sprawl is Monmouth Junction in the center of the township, where pockets of development are interspersed with farmland.
For the next 2.5 mile, NY 21 overlaps with NY 36, following it through Hornell's residential northern half, across the Canisteo River, and past pockets of development in the surrounding town of Hornellsville to a junction roughly 0.5 mile south of NY 36's interchange with Interstate 86 (I-86) and NY 17.
Outside of a small pocket of development near Greece Arcadia High and Middle Schools, the remainder of the freeway crosses open, sparsely developed areas of Greece.
There is another pocket of development around the Wegmans supermarket north of Williamsville, which has seen some rapid growth in the last few years.
Old First Reformed Church, 6 30 p.m. [Free] The authors of "NYC 2040: Housing the Next One Million New Yorkers" propose pockets of superdense development, at Van Alen Books on West 22nd Street.
Brazil now relies on a sophisticated diplomatic corps, rising foreign aid payments and the deep pockets of its development bank, which finances projects not just in Latin America but in Africa as well.
At this point, the open fields gradually give way to pockets of residential development as the route approaches the village of Baldwinsville.
"I would hope that this government doing large-scale growth areas – whatever they're going to be called – sticks to the principle [of master planning], that we don't see pockets of 'in-fill' development, ad hoc phases.
Mandera is an example of a community marginalized combined with internecine conflicts, pockets of extremism, poor human development, cross border terrorism, which has trapped its people in poverty, misery and desperation.
Among the fastest growing pockets of older Pennsylvanians are postwar suburban developments, which once harbored young families.
