Vocabulaire Town Planning (chap 65) Flashcards

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L’urbanisme
Un urbaniste
Le paysage urbain

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Town planning
A town planner
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

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To develop
A developer

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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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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 (/realtor)

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Rénover
La rénovation

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To renovate
Renovation

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Réhabiliter
La rehabilitation

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To rehabilitate
Rehabilitation

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Ameliorer
Une amelioration

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To improve
Improvement

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Démolir
La démolition

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To demolish
Demolition

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Abattre

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To knock down

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13
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Raser des taudis
La démolition des taudis

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To raze slums
Slum clearance

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14
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Moderniser

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Upgrade

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15
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Restaurer

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To restore

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16
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Les agglomérations

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Built-up areas

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17
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Une ville

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A town

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18
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Les citadins

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Townspeople

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19
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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 habitant
(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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22
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Les vieux quartiers défavorisés

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The inner city

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La grande banlieue
La banlieue
Urbain

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The surbubs
Suburbia
Urban

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S’étendre

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To sprawl

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Desert / abandonné
Deserted
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Un arrondissement
A borough
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Un quartier
A district
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Le voisinage
The neighborhood
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Le centre ville
The city center / downtown
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Le quartier des affaires
The financial district
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Un quartier commercial
A shopping precinct
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Une zone piétonne
A pedestrian precinct
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Un quartier chaud
A red light area
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Dangereux
Unsafe / dangerous
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Un ghetto
A ghetto
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Surpeuplé
Overcrowded
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Un bidonville
A shantytown
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Une zone industrielle
An industrial estate
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Des HLM Les logements sociaux
Council houses Council housing
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Un lotissement
A housing estate
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Une tour
A tower
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Un gratte-ciel
A skyscraper
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Un immeuble
An apartment building
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Un appartement
A flat / an apartment
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Un studio
A studio flat
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Un colocataire
A flatmate
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Lampadaire
Streetlight
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L’eclairage public
Streetlighting
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Un banc public
A public bench
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Un abribus
A bus-shelter
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Une boite aux letters
A mail box
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Une cabine telephonique
A phone box
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Un panneau publicitaire
A billboard
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Une poubelle publique
A litter bin
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Une poubelle
A dustbin
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Un eboueur
A dustman
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Un chateau d’eau
A water tower
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Un permis de conduire
Planning permission
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Construire un batiment
To put up a building
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Insalubre
Unfit for human habitation
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Un bourg
A market town
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Une ville cotière
A coastal town
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Une ville industrielle
An industrial town
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Une cité historique
A historic city
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Une capitale
A capital city
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Une metropole
A metropolis
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La périphérie d’une ville
The outskirts of a city
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L’expansion urbaine La banlieue tentaculaire
The urban sprawl The suburban sprawl
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Le quartier des affaires
CBD = Central Business District
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L’approvisionnement en eau / electricité
The water / electricity supply
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Le mobilier urbain
Street furniture
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Les toilettes publiques
Public conveniences