urban renewal

Definitions

1. A process where older areas of a city are redeveloped, including slum clearance, replacement of outdated buildings and infrastructure.
   uncountable
2. A specific instance in which this process is used.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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