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View synonyms for urban renewal
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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Notes
Large-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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of urban renewal1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences
The Haussmann urban-renewal project demolished old neighborhoods.
From The Daily Beast
The subjects of his work range from mines, quarries, and shipping around the world to manufacturing and urban renewal in China.
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And it does seem the High Line may become a new paradigm for urban renewal.
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Communities engaged in urban renewal have doubled and renewal projects have more than tripled since 1953.
From Project Gutenberg
An historic new approach--Urban Renewal--now replaces piecemeal thrusts at slum pockets and urban blight.
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