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Meaning of "urban blight" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF URBAN BLIGHT

urban blight  [ˈɜːbən blaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF URBAN BLIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Urban blight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES URBAN BLIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

urban blight

Urban decay

Urban decay is the process whereby a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. It may feature deindustrialization, depopulation or changing population, restructuring, abandoned buildings, high local unemployment, fragmented families, political disenfranchisement, crime, and a desolate, inhospitable city landscape. Since the 1970s and 1980s, urban decay has been associated with Western cities, especially in North America and parts of Europe. Since then, major structural changes in global economies, transportation, and government policy created the economic and then the social conditions resulting in urban decay. The effects counter the development of most of Europe and North America; in countries beyond, urban decay is manifested in the peripheral slums at the outskirts of a metropolis, while the city center and the inner city retain high real estate values and sustain a steadily increasing populace. In contrast, North American and British cities often experience population flights to the suburbs and exurb commuter towns; that is, white flight.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH URBAN BLIGHT


backlight
ˈbæklaɪt
blight
blaɪt
blite
blaɪt
daylight
ˈdeɪˌlaɪt
delight
dɪˈlaɪt
flashlight
ˈflæʃˌlaɪt
flight
flaɪt
headlight
ˈhɛdˌlaɪt
highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪt
light
laɪt
lite
laɪt
moonlight
ˈmuːnˌlaɪt
polite
pəˈlaɪt
satellite
ˈsætəˌlaɪt
seablite
ˈsiːˌblaɪt
slight
slaɪt
spotlight
ˈspɒtˌlaɪt
starlight
ˈstɑːˌlaɪt
sunlight
ˈsʌnlaɪt
twilight
ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE URBAN BLIGHT

urban aid
urban area
urban blues
urban centre
urban clearway
urban conservation area
urban decay
urban development
urban development zone
urban district
urban district council
urban dweller
urban golf
urban guerrilla
Urban II
Urban League
urban legend
urban migration
urban myth
urban planner

WORDS THAT END LIKE URBAN BLIGHT

back-up light
bright
candlelight
come to light
green light
greenlight
in-flight
in mid-flight
limelight
plight
put to flight
red light
searchlight
skylight
tail-light
the spotlight
torchlight
traffic light
ultralight
Very light
white light

Synonyms and antonyms of urban blight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «urban blight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF URBAN BLIGHT

Find out the translation of urban blight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of urban blight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «urban blight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

城市病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deterioro urbano
570 millions of speakers

English

urban blight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शहरी तुषार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللفحة الحضرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

городской упадок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deterioração urbana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শহুরে ফুটো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la dégradation urbaine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kotoran bandar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stadtbrand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

都会病
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도시 마름병
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blight kutha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bệnh bạc lá đô thị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகர்ப்புற ப்ளைட்டின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शहरी अनिष्ट परिणाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kentsel çarpıklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

degrado urbano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miejskich nęka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

міський занепад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flagel urban
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αστική σήψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stedelike verval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

urban blight
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

urban sykdom på planter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of urban blight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «URBAN BLIGHT»

The term «urban blight» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «URBAN BLIGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about urban blight

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «URBAN BLIGHT»

Discover the use of urban blight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to urban blight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Urban Redevelopment: A Study of High-rise Buildings
The concept of urban renewal is a more modern and comprehensive method of combating urban blight than urban redevelopment. It is a process by which a large area of a town slowly renews itself and changes its character to fit in with the ...
K. Narayan Reddy, 1996
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Slums, Urban Decline And Revitalisation (pug-7)
Many scholars have made liberal use of the category of urban blight without actually defining it. Some simply presume the. reader will draw the needed inferences from the term, while others discuss it in relation to other phenomena. By way of ...
C.S. Yadav (ed.), 1987
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A Reappraisal of the Urban Planning Process
Chapter 7 URBAN BLIGHT AND LOCAL PLANNING STRATEGIES FOR THE METROPOLITAN CENTRE: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTIAGO, CHILE By Jaime Valenzuela G„ IULA/CELCADEL, Quito, Ecuador 8'.
Alexander Clement Mosha, 1995
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Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation:volume VIII
I. Introduction High property taxes on real property improvements in urban areas in the United States contribute to urban blight. High property taxes in urban areas also encourage urban sprawl by discouraging new construction close to city ...
Claudia Dias Soares, Janet Milne, Hope Ashiabor, 2010
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Environmental Impact II:
Wilson and Kelling's [1] notion of a “broken window syndrome” suggests that urban blight can be captured through the severity of untended properties and abandoned structures, reflecting the breakdown of physical, social, and economic ...
G. Passerini, C.A. Brebbia, 2014
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Gambling Politics: State Government and the Business of Betting
Failing a good measure of urban blight in a state, we rely on the state's fiscal health. We generally assume that states with urban blight will have poorer fiscal health and that states lacking urban blight will have better fiscal health. Presumably ...
Patrick Alan Pierce, Donald E. Miller, 2004
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Asian Urbanization: A Hong Kong Casebook
See also building by government ; Low-Cost Housing, Government Housing Society 33, 34, 37, 38, 192 hovercraft 161 Howard, Ebenezer 13 Wilson, Hugh I4n Hung Horn $HHl 'tn, 5°; transport 143, 145, 146, 161, 162, 164, 166n; urban blight ...
D. J. Dwyer, 1971
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Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City
... early efforts at urban planning and zoning, and Prohibition. But, despite the progress of home rule in many states, municipal powers to regulate or rehabilitate urban blight were quite limited. In part, this reflected political and fiscal constraints.
Colin E. Gordon, 2008
9
Urban Areas and Global Climate Change
The District responded to CBE's concern that RECLAIM could lead to urban blight by noting that CBE had not ''provided any credible evidence that the proposed project will contribute to urban blight'' (Jenal et al., 1993a, 1993b). From the ...
William G. Holt, 2012
10
City Rules: How Regulations Affect Urban Form
City Rules offers a challenge to students and professionals in urban planning, design, and policy to change the rules of city-building, using regulations to reinvigorate, rather than stifle, our communities.
Emily Talen, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «URBAN BLIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term urban blight is used in the context of the following news items.
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Private enterprise helps handle urban blight in Erie
Erie Insurance has worked with BEST over the past 25-plus years to reduce urban blight and ensure the vitality of the neighborhood in which it operates. «Watchdog.org, May 15»
2
How cities are starting to turn back decades of creeping urban blight
This is the first in Policy Solutions, a Wonkblog continuing series examining policies that work. AVACANT LOT is a contagious place. Signs of its disorder ... «Washington Post, May 15»
3
Urban Blight: Philadelphia's promising fix
May 20, 2015 10:00 AM EDT - Once an industrial powerhouse, Philadelphia is now plagued by more than 40,000 vacant lots. These sites are more than just an ... «Washington Post, May 15»
4
Michael Eric Dyson: Ravens, Orioles to Blame for Baltimore Urban
But mixed in with his litany of exculpatory urban dysfunction (“… the slow terror ... So you've got the urban blight contrasted to the extraordinary accumulation of ... «NewsBusters, Apr 15»
5
Urban Blight Isn't Just Bad To Look At, It's Bad For Your Health
"Urban planners really need to consider that as we intervene in places. Cities like Baltimore, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia all have high rates of vacant land ... «Co.Exist, Apr 15»
6
Jacksonville Unveils Phone App And Mascot To Fight Blight
The city of Jacksonville rolled out a mobile app and a trash-can mascot today as part of a new awareness campaign targeting urban blight. The Fight Blight ... «WJCT NEWS, Mar 15»
7
Cortez seeking ways to fight urban blight
The topic of "urban blight" was taken up at a recent City Council workshop, ... The entryways to the city aren't the only places we see blight," said Rudolph, ... «The Denver Post, Feb 15»
8
Visitors to Buffalo, NY, Find Beauty in Decay
But the focus of the "City of No Illusions" tour is squarely on urban blight. One of the first stops was Polonia, a formerly Polish district where most of Buffalo's ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 14»
9
Urban blight could cost Detroit $850M+
Wiping out the abandoned and decrepit buildings that are the hallmark of bankrupt Detroit could cost nearly $1 billion, and more over time, according to a report ... «CNBC.com, May 14»
10
Indiana cities getting money to fight urban blight
Indianapolis, Lawrence, Gary and two other Indiana cities have received a total of about $15 million to help eliminate blighted and abandoned homes. «Indianapolis Business Journal, May 14»

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