| environ. | 市内贫民区 | inner city 1. Part of a city at or near the centre, especially a slum area where poor people live in bad housing. 2. City centres of many industrialized countries which exhibit environmental degradation. The numerous and highly competitive activities entailing land use overwhelm the limited space and create a situation of overcrowding, functional incompatibility and cultural degradation. Inner city areas have a high level of commercial specialization, a large number of offices and a sizeable daytime population. At the same time, city centres generally remain a sort of ghetto for a permanent, low-income population living in run-down housing and enjoying little in the way of public services and civic amenities. The concentration of service industries inevitably entails the replacement of traditional housing and shops by office blocks, the provision of basic utilities at the expense of civic amenities and the provision of major access roads which eat up urban space. Structures of historic originareoften unable to meet modern requirements and, notwithstanding their value, frequently face demolition (1. 城市中在市中心或接近市中心的部份，尤指穷人居住的贫民区。2. 许多环境恶化的工业化国家的市中心区。数量众多且高竞争性活动带来的土地过量使用，会侵占有限空间，造成过度拥挤、各种功能无法互相协调，及文化衰退。市中心地区具有高度商业化特性，拥有许多办公室和可观的日间工作人口。同时，市中心通常一直为贫民区，有着一群固定的低收入人口，居住在年久失修的房屋中，很少享受到公共服务和都市化的舒适。随着服务产业的集中，办公大楼不可避免的取代传统住宅及商店，基本公共设施的提供相对的牺牲都市舒适度，而主要联络道路也侵吞了都市空间。) |
