Town planning Flashcards

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L’urbanisme, un urbaniste

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Town planning, a town planner

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le paysage urbain

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the townscape / cityscape

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un architecte, l’architecture

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an architect, architecture

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aménager, un promoteur immobilier, une zone aménagée

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to develop, a realestate developer, a development

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le marché immobilier

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the property market

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construire, reconstruire, un chantier

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to build, to rebuild, a building site

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ériger

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to erect

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un ingénieur civil, le génie civil

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civil engineer, civil engineering

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l’immobilier, un agent immobilier

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real estate, a real estate agent /a realtor (US)

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rénover, la rénovation, rénover / retaper

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to renovate, renovation, to refurbish / to revamp

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réhabiliter, la réhabilitation

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to rehabilitate, rehabilitation

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embourgeoiser, embourgeoisé, la rénovation de luxe

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to gentrify, gentrified, gentrification

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améliorer, une amélioration

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to improve, improvement

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démolir, la démolition

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to demolish / pull down, demolition

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abattre

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to knock down

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raser / démolir des taudis, la démolition des taudis

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to level (out) / to raze slums, slum clearance

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classer, classé

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to list, listed

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moderniser, restaurer, ravaler

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to upgrade, to restore, to give a facelift to

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une ville, les citadins

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a town, townspeople

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Les agglomérations

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Built-up areas

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la ligne des toits

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the skyline

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une grande ville, un citadin, la vie en ville

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a city, a city-dweller, city life

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habiter, un(e) habitant(e, (in)habité

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to inhabit, an inhabitant, (un)inhabited

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un résident, résidentiel

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a resident, residential

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les vieux quartiers défavorisés

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the inner city

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la grande banlieue, la banlieue, (sub)urbain, un banlieusard

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the suburbs, suburbia, (sub)urban, a suburbanite

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s’étendre, désert / abandonné

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to sprawl, deserted

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Structures urbaines

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Urban patterns

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un arrondissement

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a borough

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un quartier, le quartier / le voisinage

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a district, the neighborhood

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le centre-ville

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the city centre / (US) downtown

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le quartier des affaires, un quartier commerçant

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the financial district, a shopping precinct

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une zone piétonne, un quartier chaud

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a pedestrian precinct, a red light area

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dangereux, un ghetto, populeux

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unsafe / dangerous, a ghetto, populous

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surpeuplé, un bidonville

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overcrowded, a shantytown

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sordide, les conditions sordides

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squalid, squalor

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une zone industrielle

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an industrial estate

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des HLM, les logements sociaux

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council flats / houses, council housing / the projects

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une cité / un lotissement, un grand ensemble

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a housing estate, a housing development

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une tour, un gratte-ciel

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a tower / a high-rise, a skyscraper

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un immeuble

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a block of flats / an apartment building

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un vieil immeuble délabré

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a tenement

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un appartement, un appartement en copropriété

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a flat / an apartment, a condominium

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un studio, un colocataire

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a studio flat, a flatmate / a roommate

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une chambre meublée

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a bedsit

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Les équipements
collectifs

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Public amenities

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un reverbère /
lampadaire, l’éclairage public

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a lamppost / streetlight, streetlighting

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un banc public, un abribus

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a public bench, a bus-shelter

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une boîte aux lettres

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a pillar box / mail box

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une cabine téléphonique

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a phone box / booth

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une bouche d’incendie

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a fire hydrant

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un panneau publicitaire

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a hoarding / billboard

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une poubelle publique, une poubelle, un éboueur

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a litter bin, a dustbin / garbage can, a dustman / refuse collector

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un camion poubelle

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a bin lorry / garbage truck

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la décharge, un château d’eau

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the tip / rubbish dump, a water tower

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un égout, les égouts

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a sewer, sewerage