Urban renewal
Spatial development glossary, European Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT), Territory and landscape, No 2, published by Council of Europe Publishing in 2007, suggests that urban renewal: ‘…aims at replacing impoverished urban neighbourhoods and derelict areas by large-scale projects related to housing, services, transport systems, recreation areas, etc. Sometimes, the costs of urban renewal for living communities is high and this type of activity is nowadays less frequently carried out than some decades ago’
See also: Urban regeneration and urban rehabilitation.
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