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urban renewal

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Geography, Building
ˌurban reˈnewal (also urban regeneration) noun [uncountable]  SGTBthe process of improving poor city areas by building new houses, shops etc 旧城区改建,城市改造 an urban renewal program 城市改造计划
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urban renewalHis urban renewal program amounted to a stack full of charts and blueprints.In the fifth century the popes embarked, in alliance with the local aristocracy, on a programme of urban renewal.Once urban renewal was complete, it would be hard for newcomers to know that anything else had ever been there.The urban renewal administrative process drew considerable criticism because it was so long and encumbered with red tape.An important issue associated with urban renewal concerned the locus of program control.
ˌurban reˈnewal nounChineseSyllable
the improving process poor Corpus city of by areas


urban renewal
ˌurban reˈnewal (also urban regeneration) noun [uncountable]
the process of improving poor city areas by building new houses, shops etc:
    an urban renewal program