uncontrolled development

The protesters want limits on tourist numbers and curbs on what they describe as uncontrolled development harmful for the environment and residents.

A giant slab of carbon-rich peat, discovered in central Africa, is under threat from uncontrolled development - posing a significant risk for future climate change, writes BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding.

Enfield Council says if it does not agree to a local plan, the risk of uncontrolled development all over the green belt is heightened.

Rather, most people are cramming into the informal settlements that are continually sprouting on the edge of Cairo and other cities, where villages are being transformed into dormitory towns and farmland is being swallowed by uncontrolled development.

Though the UNESCO-listed Kotor region was once an off-the-radar destination, parts of it, especially the well-preserved Old Town, suffer from uncontrolled development and overtourism similar to Dubrovnik.