urban renewal

plural urban renewals

1. uncountableA process where older areas of a city are redeveloped, including slum clearance, replacement of outdated buildings and infrastructure.

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   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.

   2022 November 6, Damien Cave, Amy Chang Chien, “Taiwan’s Bomb Shelters: ‘A Space for Life. And a Space for Death.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2022, Taiwan Dispatch

   Synonyms: urban regeneration, urban renew

2. countableA specific instance in which this process is used.