urban redevelopment meaning, urban redevelopment definition | English Cobuild dictionary




1    of, relating to, or constituting a city or town  
2    living in a city or town,   (Compare)        rural  
     (C17: from Latin urbanus, from urbs city)  

Urban II  
      n   original name Odo or Udo. ?1042--99, French ecclesiastic; pope (1088--99). He inaugurated the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont (1095)  
Urban VI  
      n   original name Bartolomeo Prignano. ?1318--89, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1378--89). His policies led to the election of an antipope by the French cardinals, thus beginning the Great Schism in the West  
Urban VIII  
      n   original name Maffeo Barberini. 1568--1644, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1623--44) during the Thirty Years' War, in which he supported Richelieu against the Hapsburgs  
urban area  
urban blues  
      n   sometimes functioning as sing   an extrovert and rhythmic style of blues, usually accompanied by a band  
   Compare       country blues  
urban district  
urban guerrilla  
      n   a guerrilla who operates in a town or city, engaging in terrorism, kidnapping, etc.  
urban myth  
      n   a story, esp. one with a shocking or amusing ending, related as having actually happened, usu. to someone vaguely connected with the teller  
urban renewal  
      n   the process of redeveloping dilapidated or no longer functional urban areas  
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