redevelopmentn.
/ˌriːdᵻˈvɛləpm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌridəˈvɛləpm(ə)nt/ 1. The action or an act of developing again (in various senses).
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal
renewinga1398
renovation?a1475
renovelty1477
renewc1500
renewance1569
renewment1570
renewal1603
repair1637
apocatastasis1678
rehabilitation1830
redevelopment1882
face-lifting1937
rehabbing1968
evergreening1972
1830 Christian Observer 29 70/1 Producing at the time such a powerful impression upon the brain, as to leave behind them ever afterwards a susceptibility to their redevelopment.
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 265/1 Removing the bromine..by means of redevelopment.
1882 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. III. xii. 576 The re-development of military organization in modern times.
1904 Times 25 June 15/6 (advt.) The doses may be discontinued without fear of a redevelopment of the symptoms of obesity.
1922 Jrnl. Ecol. 10 168 (heading) Early stages of redevelopment of woody vegetation on chalk grassland.
1943 Times 2 Jan. 2/4 The complete equality of our Chinese allies and their great position of responsibility and opportunity in world redevelopment.
2000 C. Bauer & A. Scharl in M. Khosrowpour Challenges Information Technol. Managem. 1005/1 On-going maintenance and re-development [of web information systems] induce significant change to their structure and content.
2. spec. The redesigning and rebuilding of an urban area, typically after the demolition of existing buildings. (The usual current sense.)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > town-planning or development
development1874
urbanism1884
town planning1906
city planning1907
urban planning1907
redevelopment1908
housing development1912
structure planning1969
1908 Times 21 Mar. 19/2 The greater portion of the Estate..having extensive frontages,..together with the benefit of a fully-licensed house, forms a magnificent Building Site immediately available for profitable redevelopment.
1933 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 3rd Ser. 15 21 Planning schemes may be made as respects any land..in connexion with the laying out and use of the land,..or in connexion with the re-development of the land if already developed.
1940 Economist 28 Dec. 794/2 Where private ownership presents an obstacle to planned development, redevelopment or conservation on an economical basis, the areas should be bought outright by planning authorities.
1964 J. B. Cullingworth Town & Country Planning xii. 241 Housing, comprehensive redevelopment and traffic.
2005 Independent 30 Sept. 30/1 The relentless anguishing over the redevelopment of Ground Zero in lower Manhattan continues to intensify.
Compounds
General attributive (in sense 2), as redevelopment area, redevelopment scheme, redevelopment phase, etc.
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1935 Act 25 & 26 Geo. V c. 40 §13 It shall be the duty of the local authority to cause the area to be defined on a map, and to pass a resolution declaring the area so defined to be a proposed re-development area.
1944 in D. Tyerman Ways & Means of Rebuilding iii. 59 Mr Cadbury had been considering plans of redevelopment schemes at thirty to the acre.
1966 N. Lichfield Cost Benefit Anal. Town Planning Cambr. iv. 26 The projects comprise a group of interrelated redevelopment areas, roads and car parks.
1977 Grimsby Evening Tel. 13 May 1/3 The ‘shocking conditions’ they have to live in while their area goes through a redevelopment phase.
1988 Architects' Jrnl. 20 Jan. 13/2 Redevelopment costs are estimated at £6 million.
1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 16/2 Last month, the Redevelopment Agency put the kibosh on MFH's project.
2008 Saving Cent. (Victorian Soc.) 15 The City of London Club in Old Broad Street, by Philip Hardwick, 1833–34, was also threatened by the National Westminster Bank redevelopment scheme.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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