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urban

relating to a city; characteristic of city life: There are many benefits to urban living.

Not to be confused with:

urbane – polished and elegant in manner or style; suave; cosmopolitan: He has a sophisticated, urbane way about him. [Urban and urbane once meant the same thing: belonging to a city. Both words are derived from the Latin urbanis. Later, urbane developed the more specialized sense of refined, polite, and elegant, which were considered to be characteristics of those who lived in cities rather than those living in the country.]

ur·ban

(ûr′bən)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.

2. Characteristic of the city or city life.

[Latin urbānus, from urbs, urb-, city; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

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urban

(ˈɜːbən)

adj

1. (Human Geography) of, relating to, or constituting a city or town

2. (Human Geography) living in a city or town

3. (Pop Music) (of music) emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities, esp those populated by people of African or Caribbean origin. Compare rural

[C17: from Latin urbānus, from urbs city]

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ur•ban

(ˈɜr bən)

adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or comprising a city or town.

2. living in a city.

3. characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified.

[1610–20; < Latin urbānus=urb-, s. of urbs city + -ānus -an¹]

urban

, urbane - Urban refers to a city; urbane means polished and smooth, as in a person's demeanor.

urban

adjective civic, city, town, metropolitan, municipal, dorp (S. African), inner-city Most urban areas are close to a park.

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urban

adjective

Of, in, or belonging to a city:

city, metropolitan, municipal.

Translations

مَدَني، خاص بالمَدينَه

městskýUrban

by-bymæssig

Urpo

Urban

borgar-

urbano

pilsētas-

bymessig

Urban

mestenUrban

Urban

kentsel

都市的

urban

[ˈɜːbən]

A. ADJ → urbano

B. CPD urban guerrilla N → guerrillero/a m/f urbano/a
urban myth N → leyenda f urbana
urban renewal N → renovación f urbana
urban sprawl N → extensión f urbana
urban warfare N → guerrilla f urbana

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

urban

[ˈɜː^rbən] adj [area, population] → urbain(e)urban blight n → dégradation f urbaineurban clearway n → rue f à stationnement interditurban conservation area n → zone f urbaine protégéeurban development n → aménagement m urbainurban development zone n → zone f à urbaniser en priorité, ZUP f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

urban

adj → städtisch; life also → in der Stadt; urban decay → Verfall m → der Städte; urban motorway → Stadtautobahn f; urban America → das städtische Amerika; urban clearway → Stadtautobahn f

urban

urban centre, (US) urban center

n (= town) → Ballungsgebiet nt; (= town centre) → Stadtzentrum nt

urban development

n → Stadtentwicklung f

urban dweller

n → Stadtbewohner(in) m(f)

urban

urban planning

n → Stadtplanung f

urban renewal

n → Stadterneuerung f

urban warfare

n → Stadtkampf m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

urban

[ˈɜːbən] adj → urbano/a
urban sprawl → sviluppo urbanistico incontrollato, espansione f urbana tentacolare

urban

(ˈəːbən) adjective

of, consisting of, or living in, a city or town. He dislikes urban life; urban traffic.

urban

adj urbano

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Although this goal is hypothetical and rather implausible, New Urbanists' dream of America's urban centers is gaining the attractiveness of European cities.

Smart growth, New Urbanism and diversity: progressive planning movements in America and their impact on poor and minority ethnic populations

Building on the Garden City and City Beautiful movements and harking back to livable towns (Charleston, Savannah), New Urbanists believe that "urbanism" can work in a community of any scale and is as appropriate in a new growth area or suburb as in the central city.

Social capital and New Urbanism: leading a civic horse to water?

New Urbanists believe that like traditional small towns, the ideal community would encourage communication and a sense of responsibility among residents.

Back to the basics

Even if the New Urbanists could capture both political and popular support for their physical planning prescriptions, the results would do little to change the metropolitan landscape.

The sprawl debate: Let markets plan

But if attracting merciless attack signifies that a movement has really arrived, then journalist Alex Marshall has done the New Urbanists a big favor.

New Urbanism: Breakthrough or Diversion?

He mainly has in mind the New Urbanists, the suburbia critics whose photogenic new communities (such as Seaside and Celebration in Florida) and canny arguments for an updated form of 19th-century town planning have made them darlings of the national media.

AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar America

According to New Urbanist principles, ideal towns have a discernable center and discernable limits, with homes, shopping stores, cultural centers, and industry within walking distance of each other to foster a sense of community and civic life that New Urbanists say has disappeared from our modem automobile-based landscape.

EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT

By limiting the downtown to a certain circumscribed zone, the new urbanists hoped to curb urban sprawl and protect outlying open areas.

Revitalizing 'Ghost Town' Downtowns

Although New Urbanists have concerned themselves with inner-city revitalization and regional growth, most of what's being built is the "neo-traditional" subdivision.

Manifest Density

The New Urbanists promise to deliver small town America in accordance with a complex array of consumer preferences.

The complete New Urbanism and the partial practices of placemaking

This is why New Urbanists and others care about more than creating beautiful, traditional downtowns.

The Big-Box Mirage: The superstores won't save our communities--or build local wealth

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Adj.	1.	urban - relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area; "urban sociology"; "urban development"
	2.	urban - located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners" rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"