Gentrification, sprawl and urban renewal
Town & city · C2 · 16 words
About this vocabulary deck
Sixteen C2 words for discussing how cities grow, decline and change, and who gains or loses.
- Level
- C2
- Topic
- Town & city
- Theme
- Places & travel
- Words
- 16 words with meanings and examples
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First words in the deck
- gentrification — the process by which a poorer area changes as wealthier people move in, often pushing out the original residents
- urban sprawl — the uncontrolled spread of a city into the countryside around it
- conurbation — a large area where several towns or cities have grown until they join together