urban decay

collocation in English

meaningsofurbananddecay

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urban
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɜː.bən/us
/ˈɝː.bən/
of or in a city ...
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decay
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈkeɪ/us
/dɪˈkeɪ/
the process ...
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(Definition ofurbananddecayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The difference is that at 75 or 85 years of age, people may feel an even greater sense of being trapped or disadvantaged byurbandecay.
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Champaklakshmi does not subscribe to the much-debated thesis ofurbandecay, which is believed to be a general historical phenomenon in the subcontinent in the post-third century ad.
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That is where the industrial workers reside; it is where the great burdens ofurbandecay, multiracial societies and ageing populations are.
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It experiences others indirectly by being part of a borough that contains areas of realurbandecayand social deprivation.
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We are building the wrong kind of houses in the wrong places and failing to tackle fully theurbandecayassociated with that.
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They will be located in areas of economic decline andurbandecayand will extend to up to 500 acres.
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I have highlighted the housing problem because that is one of the most outward and visible signs ofurbandecay.
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It can seriously transform particular areas ofurbandecay.
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They have a major and honourable role to perform in combatingurbandecay.
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The fact is that our streets are becoming dirtier, and there is a clear link betweenurbandecayand crime.
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They are riverside areas, areas ofurbandecayand areas into which we are trying to attract new businesses.
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In short, it was an area where all the miseries associated withurbandecayand blight were about to take over.
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We live on a crowded island, andurbandecayand rural communities are close neighbours.
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Everyone recognised that the rundown of the docks and theurbandecay, compounded by poor housing and inadequate community facilities, presented an enormous challenge.
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There isurbandecayand a need for new industry, for diversification and modernisation of the environment generally.
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I accept the need for such a policy in areas ofurbandecayand even in rural communities where there is bad housing.
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The disease which gnaws at the foundation of my constituency is not easily understood by contemporary observers ofurbandecay.
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Possibly, therefore,urbandecayis not, after all, an inevitable consequence of present-day patterns of economic activity and transport.
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This is a national problem, and we should consider not only the reasons forurbandecaybut the problems of the inner cities in particular.
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Those bands arise from staffing problems—those are habitual—and from difficulties that arise from the situation in schools in places where there isurbandecay.
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