Urbanwords: the website of The Dictionary of Urbanism

There are almost 7,000 detailed definitions in the published edition of The Dictionary of Urbanism. Browse the complete list by initial letter:

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Cities are gentrified in sequence: first by the risk-oblivious (artists), then by the risk-aware (developers), finally by the risk-averse (dentists from New Jersey)
Bill Kraus