| 单词 | urban renewal |
| 释义 | urban renewalSEE SYNONYMS FOR urban renewal ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe rehabilitation of city areas by renovating or replacing dilapidated buildings with new housing, public buildings, parks, roadways, industrial areas, etc., often in accordance with comprehensive plans. Also called urban redevelopment. Origin of urban renewalFirst recorded in 1950–55 Words nearby urban renewalurbanization, urbanize, urban legend, urban myth, urbanology, urban renewal, urban sociology, urban sprawl, Urban V, Urban VI, Urban VII Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for urban renewal
British Dictionary definitions for urban renewalurban renewal nounthe process of redeveloping dilapidated or no longer functional urban areas Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for urban renewal (1 of 2)urban renewal Programs designed to clear, rebuild, and redevelop urban slums. Critics contend that although they bulldoze slums, urban renewal programs often have led to their replacement by office buildings and by apartment houses for the well-to-do. Cultural definitions for urban renewal (2 of 2)urban renewal Government-sponsored destruction of slum housing with a view to the construction of new housing. notes for urban renewalLarge-scale urban renewal was engaged in during the 1960s and 1970s, after the departure of the rich and the middle class for America's suburbs had left many United States cities in decay and disrepair. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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