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urban renewal
noun
- the 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.
urban renewal
noun
- the process of redeveloping dilapidated or no longer functional urban areas
urban renewal
1- Government-sponsored destruction of slum housing with a view to the construction of new housing.
urban renewal
2- 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of urban renewal1
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Example Sentences
The Haussmann urban-renewal project demolished old neighborhoods.
The subjects of his work range from mines, quarries, and shipping around the world to manufacturing and urban renewal in China.
And it does seem the High Line may become a new paradigm for urban renewal.
Communities engaged in urban renewal have doubled and renewal projects have more than tripled since 1953.
An historic new approach--Urban Renewal--now replaces piecemeal thrusts at slum pockets and urban blight.
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