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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4
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Le marché immobilier

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The property market

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5
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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
Q

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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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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24
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S’étendre

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To sprawl

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25
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Desert / abandonné

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Deserted

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26
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Un arrondissement

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A borough

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27
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Un quartier

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A district

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Le voisinage

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The neighborhood

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29
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Le centre ville

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The city center / downtown

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Le quartier des affaires

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The financial district

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Un quartier commercial

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A shopping precinct

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Une zone piétonne

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A pedestrian precinct

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Un quartier chaud

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A red light area

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Dangereux

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Unsafe / dangerous

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Un ghetto

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A ghetto

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Surpeuplé

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Overcrowded

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Un bidonville

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A shantytown

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Une zone industrielle

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An industrial estate

39
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Des HLM
Les logements sociaux

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Council houses
Council housing

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Un lotissement

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A housing estate

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Une tour

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A tower

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Un gratte-ciel

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A skyscraper

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Un immeuble

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An apartment building

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Un appartement

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A flat / an apartment

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Un studio

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A studio flat

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Un colocataire

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A flatmate

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Lampadaire

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Streetlight

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L’eclairage public

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Streetlighting

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Un banc public

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A public bench

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Un abribus

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A bus-shelter

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Une boite aux letters

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A mail box

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Une cabine telephonique

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A phone box

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Un panneau publicitaire

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A billboard

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Une poubelle publique

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A litter bin

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Une poubelle

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A dustbin

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Un eboueur

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A dustman

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Un chateau d’eau

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A water tower

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Un permis de conduire

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Planning permission

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Construire un batiment

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To put up a building

60
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Insalubre

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Unfit for human habitation

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Un bourg

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A market town

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Une ville cotière

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A coastal town

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Une ville industrielle

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An industrial town

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Une cité historique

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A historic city

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Une capitale

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A capital city

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Une metropole

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A metropolis

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La périphérie d’une ville

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The outskirts of a city

68
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L’expansion urbaine
La banlieue tentaculaire

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The urban sprawl
The suburban sprawl

69
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Le quartier des affaires

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CBD = Central Business District

70
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L’approvisionnement en eau / electricité

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The water / electricity supply

71
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Le mobilier urbain

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Street furniture

72
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Les toilettes publiques

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Public conveniences