Urban renewal, the Glossary
Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities.[1]
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202 relations: Abahlali baseMjondolo, Africville, Allen Road, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Apartheid, Apulia, Argentina, Atlanta, Barangaroo, Sydney, Barcelona, Berman v. Parker, Big business, Big-box store, Bilbao, Black Bottom, Detroit, Boston, Boundary Estate, Bridge, Bristol, Buenos Aires, Cabrini–Green Homes, Castleford, Central business district, Central Park, Chicago, Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, Cincinnati, City of Cape Town, Civic Arena (Pittsburgh), Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clerkenwell, Community Development Block Grant, Community displacement, Commuting, Controlled-access highway, County of London, Culture, Daniel Burnham, Darling Harbour, Desegregation in the United States, Detroit, Docklands, Victoria, Downtown Pittsburgh, Dublin, East End of London, East Liberty (Pittsburgh), Ecological restoration, Elephant and Castle, Eminent domain, England, ... Expand index (152 more) »
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Abahlali baseMjondolo
Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM,, in English: "the residents of the shacks") is a socialist shack dwellers' movement in South Africa which primarily campaigns for land, housing and dignity, to democratise society from below and against xenophobia.
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Africville
Africville was a small community of predominantly African Nova Scotians located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Allen Road
William R. Allen Road, also known as Allen Road, the Allen Expressway and colloquially as the Allen, is a short municipal expressway and arterial road in Toronto.
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Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (née Burdett; 21 April 1814 – 30 December 1906) was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas Coutts.
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Apartheid
Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.
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Apulia
Apulia, also known by its Italian name Puglia, is a region of Italy, located in the southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south.
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Barangaroo, Sydney
Barangaroo is an area of central Sydney, Australia.
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Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
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Berman v. Parker
Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26 (1954), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that interpreted the Takings Clause ("nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation") of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Big business
Big business involves large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities.
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Big-box store
A big-box store, a hyperstore, a supercenter, a superstore, or a megastore is a physically large retail establishment, usually part of a chain of stores.
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Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole.
Black Bottom, Detroit
Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan.
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Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Boundary Estate
The Boundary Estate is a housing development in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London.
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Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath.
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
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Cabrini–Green Homes
Cabrini–Green Homes are a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
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Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation. It is located north east of Wakefield, north of Pontefract and south east of Leeds.
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Central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city.
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Central Park
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, (19 June 1869 – 11 December 1951), was a British medical doctor and politician.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati (nicknamed Cincy) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
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City of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town (Stad Kaapstad; IsiXeko saseKapa) is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of Cape Town and surrounding areas.
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Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
The Civic Arena, formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena, was an arena located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.
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Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell is an area of central London, England.
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The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), one of the longest-running programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, funds local community development activities with the stated goal of providing affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development.
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Community displacement is the movement of a population out of a neighborhood as formal or informal redevelopment occurs.
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Commuting
Commuting is periodically recurring travel between a place of residence and place of work or study, where the traveler, referred to as a commuter, leaves the boundary of their home community.
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Controlled-access highway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated.
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County of London
The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London.
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Culture
Culture is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.
Daniel Burnham
Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer.
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Darling Harbour
Darling Harbour is a harbour adjacent to the city centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is made up of a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the Sydney central business district.
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Desegregation in the United States
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races.
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Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Docklands, Victoria
Docklands, also known as Melbourne Docklands, is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area.
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Downtown Pittsburgh
Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
East End of London
The East End of London, often referred to within the London area simply as the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London and north of the River Thames.
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East Liberty (Pittsburgh)
East Liberty is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East End.
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Ecological restoration
Ecological restoration, or ecosystem restoration, is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.
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Elephant and Castle
Elephant and Castle is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark.
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Eminent domain
Eminent domain (also known as land acquisition, compulsory purchase, resumption, resumption/compulsory acquisition, or expropriation) is the power to take private property for public use.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Experience economy
An experience economy is the sale of memorable experiences to customers.
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Fallsville Splash Park
Fallsville Splash Park was a water park located in Niagara Falls, New York.
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Federal Housing Administration
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), also known as the Office of Housing within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is a United States government agency founded by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, established in part by the National Housing Act of 1934.
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Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law.
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Fishermans Bend, Victoria
Fishermans Bend (formerly Fishermen's Bend) is a precinct within the City of Port Phillip and the City of Melbourne.
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FreshMinistries
FreshMinistries is a non-profit organization based in Jacksonville, Florida.
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G.I. Bill
The G.I. Bill, formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).
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Gateway District (Minneapolis)
Kasota building in 1927 Gateway District The Gateway District of Minneapolis is centered at the convergence of Hennepin Avenue, Nicollet Avenue, and Washington Avenue.
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Gentrification
Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment.
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George Peabody
George Peabody (February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist.
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Glazing (window)
Glazing, which derives from the Middle English for 'glass', is a part of a wall or window, made of glass.
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Government Center, Boston
Government Center is an area in downtown Boston, centered on City Hall Plaza.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.
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Green ban
A green ban is a form of strike action, usually taken by a trade union or other organised labour group, which is conducted for environmentalist or conservationist purposes.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.
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Hamilton, Queensland
Hamilton is an affluent riverside mixed-use suburb in the north-east of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Haussmann's renovation of Paris
Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870.
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Highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land.
Hill District
The Hill District is a grouping of historically African American neighborhoods in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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History of Detroit
Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists.
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Housing Act of 1949
The American Housing Act of 1949 was a landmark, sweeping expansion of the federal role in mortgage insurance and issuance and the construction of public housing.
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Housing Act of 1954
The Housing Act of 1954,, passed during the Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration, comprised a series of amendments to the National Housing Act of 1934.
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Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968,, was passed during the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration.
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Housing Commission of Victoria
The Housing Commission of Victoria (often shortened to Housing Commission, especially colloquially) was a Government of Victoria body responsible for public housing in Victoria, Australia.
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Housing Market Renewal Initiative
The Housing Market Renewal Initiative (HMRI) or Housing Market Renewal (HMR) Pathfinders programme was a controversial Cole, Ian and Flint, John Addressing housing affordability, clearance and relocation issues in the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders; Joseph Rowntree Foundation 2007, scheme of demolition, refurbishment and new-building which ran in the UK between 2002 and 2011 and aimed "to renew failing housing markets in nine designated areas of the North and Midlands of England.".
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Housing NSW
Housing NSW, formerly the Housing Commission of New South Wales and before that the New South Wales Housing Board, was an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice that was responsible for the provision and management of public housing services with the aim to prevent homelessness in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919
The Housing, Town Planning, &c.
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Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.
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Jacob Riis
Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914) was a Danish-American social reformer, "muck-raking" journalist, and social documentary photographer.
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James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems.
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Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs (née Butzner; 4 May 1916 – 25 April 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics.
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
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Josefov
Josefov (also Jewish Quarter; Josefstadt) is a town quarter and the smallest cadastral area of Prague, Czech Republic, formerly the Jewish ghetto of the town.
Joseph Alioto
Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976.
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Journal of Urban Economics
The Journal of Urban Economics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering urban economics.
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Kelo v. City of New London
Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development does not violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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Khrushchevka
Khrushchevkas (p) are a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment building and apartments in these buildings, which were designed and constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s, during the time its namesake Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union.
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Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.
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Lendlease
Lendlease is a multinational construction and real estate company, headquartered in Barangaroo, New South Wales, Australia.
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Lettering
Lettering is an umbrella term that covers the art of drawing letters, instead of simply writing them.
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Levittown, New York
Levittown is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York.
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Lombardy
Lombardy (Lombardia; Lombardia) is an administrative region of Italy that covers; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
London County Council
The London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech (or; murrākuš) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco.
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Melbourne
Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.
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Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1940, during the Second World War, to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.
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Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as the second Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870.
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Narragansett, Rhode Island
Narragansett is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
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New South
New South, New South Democracy or New South Creed is a slogan in the history of the American South first used after the American Civil War.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States.
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Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center
Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center was a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena and convention center in Niagara Falls, New York from January 12, 1974, to 2002.
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Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States.
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Niagara Scenic Parkway
The Niagara Scenic Parkway (known as the Robert Moses State Parkway until 2016) is a state parkway in western Niagara County, New York, in the United States.
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Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.
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Occidental Petroleum
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (often abbreviated Oxy in reference to its ticker symbol and logo) is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States and the Middle East as well as petrochemical manufacturing in the United States, Canada, and Chile.
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Panel buildings in Russia
In Russia, systematic construction of large panel system-buildings (Panel'noye domostroyeniye Panel'noye domostroyeniye or panely dom) begun in the former Soviet Union and continued into modern Russia to provide fast and cheap housing.
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Park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.
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Peabody Trust
The Peabody Trust was founded in 1862 as the Peabody Donation Fund and now brands itself simply as Peabody.
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Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya, also known as West Malaysia or the "Malaysian Peninsula", is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the nearby islands.
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People's Action Party
The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major conservative political party of the centre-right in Singapore.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.
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Postcode 3000
Postcode 3000 was a planning policy for Melbourne, Australia coordinated by the City of Melbourne and supported by the state government, under newly-elected Premier Jeff Kennett.
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Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru,; Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the male heir apparent to the English, and later British, throne.
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Private property
Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities.
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Prosper Portland
Prosper Portland, formerly the Portland Development Commission (PDC), is the community development corporation created by the city of Portland, Oregon.
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Pruitt–Igoe
The Wendell O. Pruitt Homes and William Igoe Apartments, known together as Pruitt–Igoe, were joint urban housing projects first occupied in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
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Public Health Act 1875
The Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, one of the Public Health Acts, and a significant step in the advancement of public health in England.
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Public housing in the United Kingdom
Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council housing or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011 when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in social housing.
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Public use
Public use is a legal requirement under the Takings Clause ("nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation") of the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, that owners of property seized by eminent domain for "public use" be paid "just compensation." The distinction between public use and public purpose has created a doctrinally confusing and highly controversial subset of public use doctrine.
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Puerto Madero
Puerto Madero, also known within the urban planning community as the Puerto Madero Waterfront, is a ''barrio'' of Buenos Aires in the Central Business District.
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Rainbow Centre Factory Outlet
Rainbow Centre Factory Outlet is an abandoned enclosed outlet mall in downtown Niagara Falls, New York, that operated from July 2, 1982 to September 30, 2000.
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Reconstruction (architecture)
Reconstruction in architectural conservation is the returning of a place to a known earlier state by the introduction of new materials.
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Redevelopment
Redevelopment is any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses.
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Redlining
Redlining is a discriminatory practice in which financial services are withheld from neighborhoods that have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities.
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Reformism (historical)
Reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal.
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Richard King Mellon
Richard King Mellon (June 19, 1899 – June 3, 1970), commonly known as R.K., was an American financier, general, and philanthropist from Ligonier, Pennsylvania, and part of the Mellon family.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Robert Moses
Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century.
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Rondout, New York
Rondout (pronounced "ron doubt"), is situated in Ulster County, New York, on the Hudson River at the mouth of Rondout Creek.
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Rowland Plumbe
Rowland Plumbe, also known as Roland Plumbe (2 February 1838, Whitechapel – 2 April 1919, Willesden), was an English architect, famous for being the author of many residential schemes across London, many being considered the first examples of the Victorian Garden City.
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Rust Belt
The Rust Belt, formerly the Steel Belt, is a region of the Northeastern, Midwestern United States, and the very northern parts of the Southern United States.
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San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
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Slum
A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty.
Slum clearance
Slum clearance, slum eviction or slum removal is an urban renewal strategy used to transform low-income settlements with poor reputation into another type of development or housing.
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Slum clearance in the United Kingdom
Slum clearance in the United Kingdom has been used as an urban renewal strategy to transform low-income settlements with poor reputation into another type of development or housing.
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Slum upgrading
Slum upgrading is an integrated approach that aims to turn around downward trends in an area.
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Small business
Small businesses are types of corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships which have a small number of employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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South Bank Parklands
The South Bank Parklands are located at South Bank within the suburb of South Brisbane in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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South Brisbane, Queensland
South Brisbane is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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South Wharf
South Wharf is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area.
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Southbank, Victoria
Southbank is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 km south of the Melbourne central business district, located within the Cities of Melbourne and Port Phillip local government areas.
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Southwark
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
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Southwest Corridor (Massachusetts)
The Southwest Corridor or Southwest Expressway was a project designed to bring an eight-lane highway into the City of Boston from a direction southwesterly of downtown.
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St James's Park
St James's Park is a urban park in the City of Westminster, central London.
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St. Louis
St.
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Stratford, London
Stratford is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham.
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Subsidized housing in the United States
In the United States, subsidized housing is administered by federal, state and local agencies to provide subsidized rental assistance for low-income households.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
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Sustainability
Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in, and the county seat of, Onondaga County, New York, United States.
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Taipei
Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.
Taipei Main Station
Taipei Main Station is a major metro and railway station in the capital Taipei, Taiwan.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, defined as from after 1900, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
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Tax
A tax is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization to collectively fund government spending, public expenditures, or as a way to regulate and reduce negative externalities.
Temple Bar, Dublin
Temple Bar (Barra an Teampaill) is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland.
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Tenement
A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Rocks, New South Wales
The Rocks is a suburb, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney's city centre, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Towers in the park
Towers in the park is a morphology of modernist, Globe and Mail, John Bentley Mays, May 12, 2011 high rise apartment buildings characterized by a high-rise building (a "slab") surrounded by a swath of landscaped land.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military Veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.
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Urban decay
Urban decay (also known as urban rot, urban death or urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude.
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Urban planner
An urban planner (also known as town planner) is a professional who practices in the field of town planning, urban planning or city planning.
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Urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning in specific contexts, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks, and their accessibility.
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The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) is a quasi-governmental, profit-making statutory body in Hong Kong responsible for accelerating urban redevelopment.
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Urban renewal in Woolstore Precinct, Teneriffe
The Woolstore Precinct is a residential area in the suburb of Teneriffe in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi family apartments, office buildings and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city".
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War on poverty
The war on poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union Address on January 8, 1964.
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Warren, Michigan
Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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West End, Boston
The West End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south, the Charles River to the west and northwest, North Washington Street on the north and northeast, and New Sudbury Street on the east.
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Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign was a non-racial popular movement made up of poor and oppressed communities in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Westminster
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in London, England.
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Whitechapel
Whitechapel is an area in London, England, and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Whitecross Street
Whitecross Street is a short street in Islington, in Inner London.
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William Gibbs (businessman)
William Gibbs (1790–1875) was an English businessman, best known as one of three founding partners in Antony Gibbs & Sons, a religious philanthropist, and the owner who developed Tyntesfield in Wraxall, North Somerset.
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World economy
The world economy or global economy is the economy of all humans in the world, referring to the global economic system, which includes all economic activities conducted both within and between nations, including production, consumption, economic management, work in general, financial transactions and trade of goods and services.
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World Expo 88
World Expo 88, also known as Expo 88, was a specialised Expo held in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia, during a six-month period between Saturday, 30 April 1988 and Sunday, 30 October 1988, inclusive.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Ximending
Ximending is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan.
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Xinyi Planning District
Xinyi Planning District (信義計畫區), also known as the Xinyi Planning Area, is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan.
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1967 Detroit riot
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot, and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967".
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See also
Government aid programs
- Alley Dwelling Authority
- Baby bonus
- Benazir Income Support Programme
- British Columbia Basic Income Expert Panel Report
- Canada Periodical Fund
- Ehsaas Programme
- Elterngeld
- Enterprise Allowance Scheme
- Federal aid during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- Federal assistance in the United States
- Food security in the United States
- HALO Urban Regeneration
- Homes for Ukraine
- Humanitarian aid
- Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social
- Issues in retirement security
- Malasakit Center
- Public employment service
- Public housing
- Publicly funded health care
- September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
- Social protection in Armenia
- Social security
- Social security in Brazil
- State Supplementation Program
- Strategic Innovation Fund
- Subsidies
- Subsidized housing
- Trade Adjustment Assistance
- Troubled Families
- Universal basic income
- Universal basic income in India
- Urban renewal
- Wage subsidy
- Welfare
- Welfare state
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_renewal
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