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

However, those in favour of a new park said it could protect rural areas, especially from overdevelopment, while also bringing recognition to the region.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

Among recent arrivals surveyed, 71% cited the lack of affordable housing as their biggest issue, ahead of traffic, homelessness, local leadership, taxes, overdevelopment and crime.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

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 neglectful father plus a fear-stricken mother constitute the most logical forces which tend toward the overdevelopment of fear in a child.

From Laugh and Live by Fairbanks, Douglas