He has struck a deal with the airline's management to limit growth to 7.5 per cent a year.

Even with adequate water and sunshine, nutrient deficiency can limit growth.

The cold and the snowpack combine to limit growth of lower-elevation plants.

Research also demonstrates that glucose can inhibit extracellular agarase secretion (but not transcription), causing it to degrade within the cell and thus limit growth of the bacteria.

More recently, some urban areas have adopted green belt policies which limit growth in the fringe of a city, in order to encourage more growth in the urban core.