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Definition: urban renewal from The Macquarie Dictionary
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the rehabilitation of urban areas, by regeneration, replacement, repair, or renovation, in accordance with comprehensive plans.

urban renewal

From The Dictionary of Human Geography
A term referring to a range of strategies aimed at reshaping urban landscapes and remedying social and economic problems associated with run-down inner - city neighbourhoods . These strategies, generally promoted by state actors and business interests, are frequently questioned and/or directly opposed by residents of central-city neighbourhoods. Nevertheless, they generally result in massive landscape change and the displacement of large numbers of existing residents. Debate around urban renewal tends to focus on the interests that drive it, the specific strategies employed to achieve it, and the impacts of renewal strategies on targeted neighbourhoods and their residents. Urban renewal has a long history, with antecedents in the Haussmannization of Paris in the 1850s and 1860s, for instance. Yet, it generally refers to massive state -led building projects in the wake of the Second World War in Europe and in North America. The first phase of postwar urban renewal, in the 1950s and…
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Full text Article Urban Renewal

From Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies
The concept of urban renewal is broad and complex, and encompasses various methods of intervention when facing diverse urban problems. From a planning approach, urban renewal aims to improve the physical, socioeconomic, and environmental aspects of urban area’s through redevelopment, regeneration, …
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Full text Article Urban Renewal

From Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
In the twenty-first century, a number of U.S....
Urban renewal is the process of replacing old or dilapidated buildings and infrastructure in an urban environment, typically in residential areas, with the aim of reducing poverty and blight. With the passage of the Housing Acts of 1949 and 1954, the U.S. government initiated a two-decade period of…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Adaptation of existing buildings and neighbourhoods in towns and cities to meet changes in economic, social, and environmental requirements, rather than their demolition. Since the early 1970s, when it became less expensive to renew than to build, urban renewal has increased. A major objective is to…
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Full text Article Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

From Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies
The Indian parliament adopted its 74th constitutional amendment in 1992, aimed at granting greater autonomy to city-level governance, decentralizing power, and ensuring the greater participation of the people, especially those who are more vulnerable, in the decision-making processes of urban local…
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From The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
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From The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
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From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
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From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary
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