In cities, land-use decisions made during planning processes determine the availability of ecosystem services fundamental to the wellbeing of urban population.
The self-same projects for green areas or for public services, fundamental nodes in the modern project, are not per se virtuous, if the social and functional context is not auspicious, as was demonstrated some time ago by Jane Jacobs Jacobss 1961).
But over a huge proportion of the web-oriented sites, startups, and new technologies I've encountered during the last decade has been aimed at microscopic conveniences, further abstraction of possession and control, and iteration of existing services — fundamental problems intact.
Their police service needs fundamental reform.
It's liturgical, like Catholicism: the believers repeat in their services the fundamentals of their faith, certain creeds the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed.
I would have told you that Twitter was more like a utility, a service so fundamental that I could imagine a scenario in which it was literally underwritten.
It's liturgical, like Catholicism: the believers repeat in their services the fundamentals of their faith, certain creeds — the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed.
The prison service's fundamental role, of ensuring the incarceration of prisoners, is made a mockery by cases such as that of the inmate who - "clearly assisted" by prison staff - escaped "at least" six times.
He encouraged a revision of the management philosophy governing park operations that would have permitted inappropriate commercial and recreational activities to trump conservation, the park service's fundamental mission.
Indeed, set against the immigration service's fundamental needs, this seems like a desperation move by a Justice Department that has failed through both Democratic and Republican administrations to manage the I.N.S. adequately and fix its chronic problems.
