overdevelopment

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It was caused partly by record rain, but was also a reckoning for years of rampant overdevelopment and a waste management system under enormous strain.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

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

Many of these MPs represent rural constituencies and have raised concerns about what they see as overdevelopment in their area.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

The growth of megamansions in Bel-Air and other hillside L.A. neighborhoods sparked new city rules over the last decade aimed at stopping overdevelopment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023

But this very overdevelopment, with its destructive effect upon wages and regularity of employment, continually brought the miners back to a consciousness of the need for national organization.

From The Coming of Coal by Bruere, Robert W.