Sentence examples for scarce land from inspiring English sources

This reflects scarce land, which boosts property values, and their role as entrepots for shiftier neighbours.

Coastal cities — which tend to have the worst housing problems — have the most scarce land.

Such understanding is required to optimize the use and management of scarce land and water resources.

Israel's 8,000 or so settlers have occupied more than a fifth of the scarce land in the strip.

She is an unlikely figure now to persuade farmers they must, after all, give up scarce land to industry.

The return of the importance of scarce land, resources, and intellectual property has contributed to a resurgence in wealth accumulation.

How should it ration scarce landing slots at New York area airports to prevent national gridlock?

The Government now allocates a fixed number of scarce landing rights, called "slots," to commercial airlines.

The department says it wants to use "market forces," in the form of an auction, to allocate scarce landing slots.

O'Leary also argued that the government's restrictions on airport expansion and reluctance to build new runways would drive up fares, as congested airports are able to charge more for scarce landing slots.

Practically, conservation of the water, itself, in water scarce lands, may demand the structures.