reclamation renewal rehabilitation | the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation |
urban renewal | the clearing and rebuilding and redevelopment of urban slums |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
city planning town planning urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
renewal | the act of renewing |
urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
urban legend | a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false, contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true |
Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing and Urban Development HUD | the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal, created in |
city metropolis urban center | a large and densely populated urban area, may include several independent administrative districts, Ancient Troy was a great city |
conurbation urban sprawl sprawl | an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities |
urban area populated area | a geographical area constituting a city or town |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was Robert C. Weaver who was appointed by Johnson |
urban guerrilla | a guerrilla who fights only in cities and towns |
Urban II Odo Odo of Lagery Otho Otho of Lagery | French pope fromtowhose sermons called for the First Crusade (-) |
Urban V Guillaume de Grimoard | French pope from towho tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England, canonized in(-) |
Urban VI Bartolomeo Prignano | Italian pope from to whose contested election began the Great Schism, he alienated his political allies by his ruthless treatment of his opponents (-) |
Urban VIII Maffeo Barberini | Italian pope from to who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (-) |
refilling replenishment replacement renewal | filling again by supplying what has been used up |
murine typhus rat typhus urban typhus endemic typhus | acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea, characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash |
urban | located in or characteristic of a city or city life, urban property owners, urban affairs, urban manners |
urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area, urban sociology, urban development |