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

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

Now, of course, it is not wholly overdevelopment of mind at the expense of the other criteria of reality which leads Mr. Hughes to vain exercises like a + b = c.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)