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

The iconic Italian city is at risk of "irreversible" damage from overwhelming tourism, overdevelopment and rising sea levels due to climate change, according to a report from Unesco.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 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

Carried too far in the stage of equity and natural law, overdevelopment of the administrative element brings about a reaction and in the maturity of law individualization is pushed to the wall once more.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe