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Conflict |
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fight,
struggle |
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Decentralisation |
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distribute
administrative powers among local centres |
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Decimate |
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to
destroy a large portion |
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Deprived |
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prevented
from having normal benefits and services |
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Ford |
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a
shallow place where a river can be crossed |
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Infrastructure |
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road,
rail, ports, airports, telecommunications network |
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Land
Use |
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what
land is used for |
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Medieval |
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of
the Middle Ages (5th - 15th Centuries) |
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Promontory |
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point
of land jutting out into the sea |
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Public
realm |
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open
areas like parks or squares for public use |
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Regeneration |
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bring
into renewed existence |
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Remit |
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terms
of reference (outline of responsibilities) |
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Residential |
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suitable
for or occupied by private houses |
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Revolutionised |
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having
brought about a complete change |
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Rural |
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countryside |
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Settlement |
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a
place where people live |
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Stagnating |
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cease
to flow, dull or sluggish |
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Suburb |
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outlying
residential part of a city |
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Sustainable |
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managing
resources so that they will last |
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Urban |
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belonging
to a city or town |
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Weir |
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dam
across a river to raise level of water upstream or regulate flow |
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