urban renewal
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A process where older areas of a city are redeveloped, including slum clearance, replacement of outdated buildings and infrastructure.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."