overdevelopment
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Malta was to begin counting votes Sunday in an election expected to deliver a historic fourth term for the Labour government, despite concerns over rampant overdevelopment and systemic corruption.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Native Hawaiians, who consider Mauna Kea sacred, have opposed the TMT and long campaigned against overdevelopment of the summit, which is home to 13 observatories.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 10, 2024
A Native Hawaiian who grew up in Wailuku, DeRego, 35, said she was already worried about overdevelopment on the island and in Lahaina before the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
Akron’s own Chrissy Hynde beautifully and elegiacally captures the feelings of disillusionment that arise when you go home and — no thanks to industrialization and overdevelopment — don’t recognize your old stomping ground.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Nor are correctives lacking for the abuses which may enter in through an overdevelopment of self-interest.
From Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business by Frederick L. (Frederic Lockwood) Lipman