Urban areas have a density of human structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads and bridges.

城市地区有密集的人类建筑，如房屋、商业建筑、道路和桥梁。

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I told the local heads to build fewer houses and check urban construction, so as to save more money for people's well-being.

我就对地方领导讲，我说少盖一点儿楼，缩小一点儿城市建设规模，拿来用在民生上，这不更好吗？

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In the affected areas, quality infrastructure and public facilities were constructed, and 4.83m rural houses and 1.75m urban apartments were rebuilt or reinforced.

在受灾的地区，建成高质量的基础设施和公共设施，完成483万套农村住宅和175万城市套房的建设和改造。

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Construction will be particularly hard hit, since Brown also aims to force Californians, four-fifths of whom prefer single-family houses, into dense urban apartment districts.

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And by some counts 70% or 80% of the new property built is actually urban redevelopment, where houses have been mown down in the center of the city and then rebuilt outside the city.

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Many urban residents have had their houses knocked down with inadequate compensation, to make way for government-backed construction projects.

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