Sentence examples for settlements of cities from inspiring English sources

Others were driven into the bush, remained in small pockets subject to the "civilizing" influence of missions, or were left to fend for themselves in the fringe settlements of cities and towns; still others remained in camps or pastoral and cattle stations to become the nucleus of a labour force.

The urban poor bear the greatest burden of urban environmental risks because of the situations in which they are forced to live, whether in the sprawling unauthorized settlements of cities in the developing world or the blighted urban centres of Europe and North America.

Resistance like hers threatens to undercut Russia's efforts to reverse one of the perverted economic consequences of Soviet central planning: the settlement of cities and industries in some of the most remote and inhospitable places on earth.

The substandard healthcare infrastructure in the countryside and a lack of healthcare providers in the Roma settlements of large cities are an obstacle [ 13].

Due to the exponential growth of the urban population, infrastructure facilities are crumbling and decaying in some areas, especially the unauthorised settlements of the city.

Nine bridges connect the old and newer settlements of the city, sprawling on both banks of the river.

Settlements of a city may discontinuity from its previous history due to the revival of temples are mostly fully recover, seen from temple ruins and/or unoccupied temples scatter throughout a city (Raunthong 2013).

The types of settlements also vary and include: old rural villages, settlements on the outskirts of cities, and inner city slums.

Growth continued throughout the subsequent decades; it was accompanied by a slow but steady loss of farm population, a decline of smaller towns, and a significant expansion of cities (settlements of more than 10,000 inhabitants).

By contrast, in African cities – where 62% of all urbanites are in slums – the majority of slum-dwellers live in expanding urban settlements on the peripheries of cities.

They may face an uncertain existence in informal settlements on the outskirts of cities.