urban renewal en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) A process where older areas of a city are redeveloped, including slum clearance, replacement of outdated buildings and infrastructure.
There are nearly 700 bomb shelters in this city of 360,000 people, leading officials to declare that Keelung has a higher density of places to hide than anywhere else in heavily fortified Taiwan. And for a loosely organized band of urban planners, artists and history lovers, Keelung’s bomb shelters have become a canvas — for creative urban renewal and civil defense.
2022 November 6, Damien Cave, Amy Chang Chien, “Taiwan’s Bomb Shelters: ‘A Space for Life. And a Space for Death.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2022, Taiwan Dispatch:
- (countable) A specific instance in which this process is used.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| urban renewals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
urban planning · gentrification · displacement · urban studies · urban blight · demolition
Synonyms
urban regeneration · urban renew
Translations (20)
pl rewaloryzacja zabudowy miejskiej (redevelopment of urban areas) · cmn 市區更新 /市区更新 (redevelopment of urban areas) · nb byfornyelse (redevelopment of urban areas) · de Stadtsanierung (redevelopment of urban areas) · da byfornyelse (redevelopment of urban areas) · sv stadsförnyelse (redevelopment of urban areas) · cmn 城市改造 (redevelopment of urban areas) · tr kentsel dönüşüm (redevelopment of urban areas) · fi kaupunkirakenteen kehittäminen (redevelopment of urban areas) · nl stadsvernieuwing (redevelopment of urban areas) · nn byfornying (redevelopment of urban areas) · cmn 市區重建 /市区重建 (redevelopment of urban areas) · cmn 城市更新 (redevelopment of urban areas) · fr rénovation urbaine (redevelopment of urban areas) · cmn 市區翻新 /市区翻新 (redevelopment of urban areas) · es renovación urbana (redevelopment of urban areas) · ms pembaharuan urban (redevelopment of urban areas) · fr renouvellement urbain (redevelopment of urban areas) · nb byfornying (redevelopment of urban areas) · id peremajaan kota (redevelopment of urban areas)