Urban Development Vocabulary

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urban

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adjective meaning ‘about cities’

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investment or funding

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money to pay for an activity, either from government or business.

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infrastructure

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the physical and system organisation of a city, area or country, especially in terms of transport and communications

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high-capacity

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able to handle high volumes of goods or people

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congestion

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situation of too much traffic, causing delays (the phrase ‘traffic jam’ is not generally used in Academic English)

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conurbations

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very large cities which have absorbed other towns

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transport hubs

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centres where many routes converge

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facilities and amenities

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places providing any service to the public, either private or public sector

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a bottleneck

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a place where congestion regularly happens

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overcrowding

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a situation where too many people try to live in one place