overdevelopment
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Officials from President Prabowo Subianto down have acknowledged the role of deforestation and overdevelopment in last year's flooding and landslides, which killed over 1,000 people in Sumatra.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
Porthmadog council also chipped in with its disapproval, dubbing the scheme an "overdevelopment" as there were "too many businesses in a small area".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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
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
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 Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace) Gilbert
