Redevelopment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redevelopment \Re`de*vel"op*ment\, n.
     the rebuilding of an urban area, usually a commercial
     district but sometimes residential or industrial, and
     typically involving some portion of government involvement
     and expenditure; to organize a municipal redevelopment
     agency.


     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redevelop \Re`de*vel"op\, v. t. & i.
     1. To develop again; specif. (Photog.), to intensify (a
        developed image), as by bleaching with mercuric chloride
        and subsequently subjecting anew to a developing agent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. to rebuild an urban area, usually commercial but sometimes
        residential; -- typically involving some portion of
        government involvement and expenditure.
        [PJC] -- {Re`de*vel"op*er}, n. -- {Re`de*vel"op*ment}, n.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redevelopment
       n : the act of improving by renewing and restoring [syn: {renovation}]