Journal articles: 'Urban renewal projects'

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Kobayashi, Takao. "Urban Renewal Projects in Metropolitan Area." JOURNAL OF THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF JAPAN 85, no. 4 (2001): 263–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2150/jieij1980.85.4_263.

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Gkovedarou, Maria, and Georgios N. Aretoulis. "Neural Networks and Statistical Analysis for Time and Cost Prediction Models of Urban Redevelopment Projects." International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change 8, no. 4 (October 2017): 37–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijissc.2017100103.

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Over the last few years, a plethora of public works have taken place, focusing towards urban renewal, in the greater Thessaloniki district. Municipality of Thessaloniki, provided data for twelve public projects of urban renewal. Mathematical models have been proposed for cost and time prediction based on regression analysis. Furthermore, the Fast Artificial Neural Network (FANN Tool) was applied, to predict the duration and the final cost of the project, using volume of earthwork, as input variable. Both approaches could facilitate project stakeholders, to forecast the projects' final delivery date and cost and provide early warnings for any deviation from the initial budget. The results indicate that neural networks perform better than regression analysis' models, in the case of urban renewal projects.

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Forcada, Nuria, Angela P. Alvarez, Peter E. D. Love, and David J. Edwards. "Rework in Urban Renewal Projects in Colombia." Journal of Infrastructure Systems 23, no. 2 (June 2017): 04016034. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)is.1943-555x.0000332.

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Juan, Yi‐Kai, Kathy O. Roper, Daniel Castro‐Lacouture, and Jun Ha Kim. "Optimal decision making on urban renewal projects." Management Decision 48, no. 2 (March 9, 2010): 207–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251741011022581.

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Civelek, Cansu. ""Urban renewal with dancing and music"?" Focaal 2019, no. 84 (July 1, 2019): 47–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2019.840104.

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In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive renewal,” challenging the theories of critical urban studies that emphasize the disruptive effects of such projects. Built on a discussion about hegemony, which deploys consent and dissent in its organization, this article ethnographically investigates the tactics and strategies of the renewal machine that mobilized and co-opted parts of the locals into the project while invoking layers of dissent, distrust, and discomfort. The article discusses how historically built political, socioeconomic, and gender inequalities were efficiently detected, reconstituted, and put into the service of the renewal machine while revealing tension and dynamism behind the “festive renewal.” It shows a fragility of hegemony that is neither a given nor a completed template.

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Zhu, Shiyao, Dezhi Li, Haibo Feng, Tiantian Gu, and Jiawei Zhu. "AHP-TOPSIS-Based Evaluation of the Relative Performance of Multiple Neighborhood Renewal Projects: A Case Study in Nanjing, China." Sustainability 11, no. 17 (August 21, 2019): 4545. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11174545.

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With the rapid development of urbanization worldwide, there is a large volume of neighborhoods that need to be renewed with various problems such as poor building performance, few public facilities, congested road traffic, unequal living standards, disappearing community culture, and deprived environments. Performance evaluations are considered to be useful tools for ensuring the outcomes of sustainable renewal. Although many research works have assessed the performances of urban renewal projects, evaluations, especially for neighborhood renewal projects, are often overlooked. Besides, it is also hard to find a general standard that is suitable for evaluating the performance of any neighborhood renewal project with a lack of related regulations or codes. Thus, this paper intends to build a framework to assess the relative performances of multiple neighborhood renewal projects through a hybrid AHP-TOPSIS method. A case study in Nanjing, China, is used to show how this framework could be applied to decision-making in order to pursue sustainable neighborhood renewal. The results are expected to provide references for sustainable renewal in each neighborhood. Suggestions related to the findings are proposed to further improve the performances of neighborhood renewal projects, such as establishing a multiple principle–agent framework, providing a sustainable funding system from both the public and private sector, and implementing multiprogram management measures.

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Nzimande, Ntombifuthi Precious, and Szabolcs Fabula. "Socially sustainable urban renewal in emerging economies: A comparison of Magdolna Quarter, Budapest, Hungary and Albert Park, Durban, South Africa." Hungarian Geographical Bulletin 69, no. 4 (December 22, 2020): 383–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.69.4.4.

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This study compares the social sustainability of urban renewal interventions in Hungary and South Africa. The societal and environmental challenges arising from urbanisation and the associated population growth in major urban centres around the world have increased the research and policy foci on urban sustainability and governance. While urban regeneration projects are vitally important to urban sustainability, these interventions have been widely criticised because social sustainability issues have been overlooked or ignored. Therefore, there is a need for governance practices that are applicable to different national and urban contexts. The main aim of this study is twofold: firstly, it provides a literature review on the social sustainability of urban renewal and secondly, it compares urban renewal interventions in two different geographical settings to provide recommendations about public participation and stakeholder involvement, which can contribute to increasing social sustainability of urban renewal projects. To this end, a comparative approach was adopted through the analysis of two urban renewal projects: Magdolna Quarter Programme (Budapest, Hungary) and the Albert Park (Durban, South Africa), the data for which were based on a review of secondary sources, including international literature and policy documents. It was found that although urban renewal serves a city-wide purpose (and not just a local one), the socio-economic impacts of these projects have not yet been adequately explored. Furthermore, to achieve higher urban renewal sustainability, there is a need for impact assessments (with special attention paid to the social effects) to promote public participation and empowerment.

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Yildiz, Serkan, Serkan Kivrak, and Gokhan Arslan. "Factors affecting environmental sustainability of urban renewal projects." Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems 34, no. 3-4 (October 2, 2017): 264–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286608.2018.1447567.

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TAKEMOTO, Kazuharu, Kanji SAKAI, Noboru URUSHIZAKI, and Tomoya NAKAHARA. "STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS FOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS." Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) 64, no. 524 (1999): 85–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aija.64.85_4.

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Tepe, Sultan. "Urban Renewal Projects and Democratic Capacities of Citizens." Mediterranean Quarterly 27, no. 1 (March 2016): 71–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/10474552-3488071.

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Baek, Yoonjee, and Heesun Joo. "Determinants of Resident Satisfaction with Urban Renewal Projects." International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development 9, no. 2 (April 15, 2021): 5–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.14246/irspsd.9.2_5.

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Liu, Chong. "Citizen Participation in Chinese Urban Planning: Learning from Shenyang and Qingdao." Advanced Materials Research 255-260 (May 2011): 1503–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.255-260.1503.

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This article reviews two projects with citizen participation in China: the resource recovery project in Shenyang and Taidong facade renewal project in Qingdao. In Shenyang, the international experts’ team motivated about 600 inhabitants to separate bioorganic garbage with satisfying result. In Qingdao, the cooperation between the government and the voluntary artists’ organization effectively completed the facade renewal project of Taidong commercial area. These two projects are able to demonstrate that citizen participation helps improve the quality of Chinese urban space under present conditions, and that the push of the authority and the moderation of the specialists are the key factors for successfully integrating the strength of the citizens into planning practice.

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Tetsuya, Ito. "The regional pattern of renewal in urban residential areas in Germany since the 1970s." Dela, no. 21 (December 1, 2004): 475–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dela.21.475-484.

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This study uses the case of Nuremberg to investigate the regional pattern of renewal in urban residential areas on a middle scale from the standpoint of physical and social structure in Ger-many since the 1970s when the supply of dwellings surpassed demand and many urban renewal projects have been carried out. I study the regional pattern of social structure, social housing units, urban renewal projects and the number of construction in the urban area. The regional pattern of renewal is divided into two types in the urban area located within a radius of 3 km from the city center and in the southern area.

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Adorján, Anna. "‘Slow’ Urban Development, the History and the Future of Poblenou, 22. District of Barcelona, Spain." YBL Journal of Built Environment 4, no. 1 (July 1, 2016): 5–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jbe-2016-0001.

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Abstract Urban renewal projects are based on long-term strategies and huge economical resources. It takes a lot of time to successfully regenerate an abandoned area, create a new centre, infrastructure, businesses, communities. It also needs the kind of systematic and conscious focus that we see in Germany and Scandinavia. While Spain was one of the most touched countries of the economical crisis, it still succeeded at presenting interesting urban development initiatives. One example is the follow-up of the Olympic development in Barcelona, 22@Barcelona project. I would like to introduce the ongoing project’s main objectives and processes and elaborate on the most interesting and valuable results from this project to consider for the present strategy of brownfield renewal in Hungary.

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Konove, Andrew. "Making a Modern Barrio: Infrastructure and Progress in Mexico City, 1900-1903." Journal of Urban History 46, no. 3 (March 6, 2019): 516–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0096144218818825.

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This article investigates an urban renewal project in Mexico City that took place between 1900 and 1903 under the leadership of the mayor Guillermo de Landa y Escandón. Unlike the efforts of Mexico’s national government, which focused on the capital’s urban core, this project sought to bring public services, including paved streets and sidewalks, water and sewer lines, and parks to the city’s marginalized periphery. In studying this campaign, thus far overlooked by historians, the article explores the relationship between urban planning, local and national politics, and inequality in Mexico at the turn of the nineteenth century, arguing that the project’s ultimate failure stemmed from both fiscal constraints and political reforms that consolidated power in the capital city under President Porfirio Díaz. It also compares the project to contemporaneous urban renewal schemes elsewhere in the Americas, revealing commonalities between Landa y Escandón’s plans, the North American City Beautiful movement, and projects in South America while highlighting important differences.

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Lee, Grace K. L., and Edwin H. W. Chan. "A sustainability evaluation of government‐led urban renewal projects." Facilities 26, no. 13/14 (October 17, 2008): 526–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770810914280.

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Lee, Grace K. L., and Edwin H. W. Chan. "Evaluation of the urban renewal projects in social dimensions." Property Management 28, no. 4 (August 17, 2010): 257–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02637471011065683.

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Han, Hoon, Sumin Kim, Mee Youn Jin, and Chris Pettit. "Providing affordable housing through urban renewal projects in Australia:." International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development 9, no. 2 (April 15, 2021): 41–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.14246/irspsd.9.2_41.

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Zheng, Bohong, Francis Masrabaye, Gerald Madjissembaye Guiradoumngué, Jian Zheng, and Linlin Liu. "Progress in Research on Sustainable Urban Renewal Since 2000: Library and Visual Analyses." Sustainability 13, no. 8 (April 8, 2021): 4154. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13084154.

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Urban renewal is an ideal approach to promoting the value of the urban fabric and improving the sustainability of the urban environment. This study, which shows the continuity of research on sustainable urban renewal, aimed to identify sustainable urban renewal literature based on a library analysis of scientific research since 2000. A total of 3971 scientific papers from the SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded) and SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index) databases were reviewed to examine how research concerning “sustainable urban renewal” has emerged and developed in the past 20 years. The h-indices and impact factors of the most relevant journals in urban renewal and sustainable development since 2000 were analyzed. The most frequently cited articles were analyzed using analysis of social networks (VOSviewer). The results revealed potential future focuses of research and guidelines that link urban renewal and sustainability: the engagement of all stakeholders in the decision-making process; the involvement of residents in projects; the development of cooperation between towns and cities; the preservation and reuse of built and industrial heritage while respecting environmental law; and, finally, the search for new financing techniques. These potential future research topics were analyzed in four research areas so that sustainable development can easily be integrated into an urban renewal project.

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Baber, M. "Urban Renewal Policy and Community Change." Practicing Anthropology 20, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 15–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.20.1.b674032u385803j2.

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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s federal, state, and local governments worked together to implement policies that expanded the nation's highway systems, encouraged suburban expansion, and funded wholesale clearance projects in so-called slum and depressed inner city areas. These policies created programs that directly affected African Americans in cities all over the United States by targeting older neighborhoods, eliminating affordable (though substandard) housing, dislocating families and extended networks, and replacing what existed with highway overpasses, widened city streets, massive sewer projects, parks, and public housing. The residents of the affected neighborhoods were not involved in the planning, much of which took place years before the programs were implemented, and their voices were not well represented at public hearings. Absentee land owners, who leased properties to African Americans, capitalized on Urban Renewal opportunities, selling their holdings or allowing them to be claimed by condemnation or eminent domain for "fair market values." Those who were displaced had few options for relocation and resettled in other areas where they could find affordable housing, creating new low-income neighborhoods where they were once again tenants of absentee landlords. Traditional services—beauty and barber shops, medical offices and other businesses—were dispersed and people found it harder to conduct business with their friends and neighbors. Streets were broken up by highways, and people without transportation could no longer walk to the traditional business areas. Consumer activity was dispersed to new areas in cities, weakening the African American business foundation and causing many businesses to fail.

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Zheng, Helen W., Geoffrey QP Shen, Yan Song, Bingxia Sun, and Jingke Hong. "Neighborhood sustainability in urban renewal: An assessment framework." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 44, no. 5 (June 23, 2016): 903–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265813516655547.

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Urban renewal provides valuable opportunities for sustainable development. Sustainability assessment is considered a useful tool in ensuring sustainable development in practice. Although a number of studies have been conducted to evaluate the potential of urban renewal, studies on sustainability assessment in urban renewal at a neighborhood scale are often ignored. However, urban renewal is normally accompanied by many social, economic, and environmental conflicts among various stakeholders. The present paper proposes a framework for assessing neighborhood sustainability to support urban renewal decision making in high-density cities such as Hong Kong. This framework includes two components: (1) sustainability and building condition and (2) a decision-making matrix for urban renewal strategies. A case study was conducted to illustrate how this framework can be applied in the decision-making process of urban renewal projects. The results are expected to provide references for urban renewal decision making in high-density cities.

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Appler, Douglas R., and Julie Riesenweber. "Urban Renewal through the Lens of Unsuccessful Projects: The Pralltown Neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky." Journal of Planning History 19, no. 3 (January 23, 2020): 164–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1538513219898281.

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This article examines the Pralltown neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky, and the concept of the “unsuccessful” urban renewal project. Pralltown was created for and by freed slaves following the Civil War, and for virtually its entire existence, it has endured public policy efforts to change the neighborhood in order to address its real or perceived failings. By framing the two urban renewal projects proposed for Pralltown as points in a long line of reform efforts, this article draws attention to the persistent need for residents of postbellum African American neighborhoods to devote time and energy countering policies of marginalization.

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Farelnik, Eliza. "Innovation in Urban Revitalization Programs in the Region of Warmia and Mazury." Olsztyn Economic Journal 10, no. 1 (March 30, 2015): 85–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.31648/oej.3136.

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The objective of this study was to describe the level of innovation in urban revitalization projects in the Region of Warmia and Mazury and to determine whether urban renewal projects foster a supportive climate for business innovation in the region. Most revitalization programs rely on the following innovative solutions: new sources of financing, creativity of the operator supervising the revitalization process, novel methods for soliciting the local community's support for urban renewal projects, and the establishment of technology parks that foster business innovation. Revitalization projects stimulate innovation among local entrepreneurs and residents, they promote urban development based on a local innovation system, knowledge and social capital, and encourage the implementation of the smart city model where innovations are diffused from a revitalized area to other parts of the city.

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Chan, Edwin, and Grace K. L. Lee. "Critical factors for improving social sustainability of urban renewal projects." Social Indicators Research 85, no. 2 (February 27, 2007): 243–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-007-9089-3.

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Mayer, Igor S., Ellen M. van Bueren, Pieter W. G. Bots, Haiko van der Voort, and Robin Seijdel. "Collaborative Decisionmaking for Sustainable Urban Renewal Projects: A Simulation – Gaming Approach." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 32, no. 3 (June 2005): 403–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/b31149.

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Differences in stakeholders' perceptions, lack of commitment, unused knowledge, and interfering, ineffective, measures are just some of the problems encountered in sustainable urban development projects. Collaborative decisionmaking approaches tackle these problems by creating a shared understanding of the problems faced and of ways to address them. The authors explore how the combined application of two techniques, a decision-support tool and a simulation game, can support decisionmaking for sustainable urban development. The techniques are applied in decision-making for real and in fictional sustainable urban renewal projects. Benefits and challenges of this combined approach are discussed based on experiences in seven applications. The main finding is that the use of the decision-support tool combined with the simulation–gaming procedure can support agenda setting and help create a shared understanding of problems and potential solutions in the field of sustainable urban renewal.

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Rose, Mark, and Roger Biles. "Arthur Rubloff and the Grinding Politics of Renewal in Chicago, 1947 to 1986." Journal of Urban History 46, no. 6 (June 3, 2019): 1341–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0096144219849433.

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Between the 1940s and 1960s, Arthur Rubloff established a formidable presence in Chicago real estate development and in the city’s urban renewal programs. And yet, not even a skilled operator like Rubloff and members of his network of business executives possessed the savvy, clout, and resources to bring all or most of their projects to a successful conclusion. Nor were the fabled Mayor Richard J. Daley and his allies in the Central Area Committee able to achieve the prerequisite unity to “renew” downtown Chicago. Rubloff surely brought greater heft and glitz to his high-priced proposals than African Americans and Puerto Ricans could muster to defend their homes and modest businesses from renewal projects. Renewal politics in downtown Chicago turned into a decades-long, grinding affair.

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Benkő, Melinda, and Tibor Germán. "Crime prevention aspects of public space renewal in Budapest." Journal of Place Management and Development 9, no. 2 (July 11, 2016): 191–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-09-2015-0034.

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Purpose Security is one of the most important challenges for contemporary integrated urban developments. In Hungary, every strategic document highlights this goal, seeking social and smart city solutions to the problem. Yet, what about crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)? The purpose of the paper is to introduce a Central-European perspective into the international discussion of the topic. Design/methodology/approach Focusing on European Union-funded renewal of public space in the historic city centre of Budapest, the research investigates how urban security can be facilitated through urban planning and design. The analysis of two projects based on design documents and interviews with actors highlights the importance of CPTED, although it is not recognised officially either in the development or in the management phase. Findings March 15th Square is an attractive contemporary public space in the tourist-historic city centre. The project was centrally planned, executed with typical EU indicators, but without any special requirements for security. The process resulted in a safescape. By contrast, the main principal for the renewal of Teleki László Square, the first Hungarian example of community-based planning, was to instil a feeling of security. The public square became a fenced defensible space. Practical implications The analysis method can be used for other projects evaluating changes in urban security due to public space renewal: history, requirements for security, design solutions for space division, materials and urban furniture, as well as use of space and management after the regeneration. Originality/value The paper uncovers Hungarian cases where environmental crime prevention criteria are not explicitly but implicitly present in contemporary urban planning and design. In relation to urban security, it highlights the gap that exists among disciplines, indicative of a lack of dialogue among policymakers, researchers, designers and management.

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Kilić, Jelena, Nikša Jajac, Katarina Rogulj, and Siniša Mastelić-Ivić. "Assessing Land Fragmentation in Planning Sustainable Urban Renewal." Sustainability 11, no. 9 (May 4, 2019): 2576. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092576.

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Planning of sustainable urban renewal is one of the key issues for city development. Particular emphasis is placed on the problem of the sustainable urban renewal of areas that are made up of a large number of private cadastral parcels that cause ownership fragmentation. Urban renewal is most often carried out to realize a large project where it is necessary to determine the optimal way of its realization. This paper proposes a methodology for assessing the index of fragmentation for the purpose of sustainable urban renewal planning. The methods used to solve the task are Simple Additive Weighting method (SAW) for ranking alternative solutions (i.e., cadastral parcels, spatial elements and areas of future construction), and the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process method (FAHP) for defining the criteria weights. In the process of defining the index of fragmentation model as well as the weighting determination, a group of experts was involved. The proposed model was tested on the field of the construction of the University of Split campus, for which implementation was planned in several periods. The obtained results show that the proposed methodology can provide support in analyzing the spatial–functional capacities of the existing land, and for decision making in optimizing the realization of urban projects.

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Demiralp, Seda. "The “New Turkey”? Urban Renewal and Beyond." Sociology of Islam 4, no. 3 (July 5, 2016): 215–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22131418-00403001.

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Turkey has been going through a major urban transformation for the past decade as a result of the vigorous urban policy of the akp government. Luxury real estate projects, from gated communities to office towers and shopping malls are mushrooming every day to replace parks, forests, historical sites, beaches, and other shared space. This urban policy has been largely accepted by capitalist groups who prioritized economic growth. Yet, it was criticized by left-wing and environmentalist circles who problematized the displacement of the urban poor, elimination of diversity, and the decline of urban nature as a result. Nevertheless, a critical aspect of this urban renewal policy, namely the dramatic expansion of the boundaries and control of the government at the expense of rival institutions and actors received little attention. This analysis focuses on the akp government’s legislative interventions that affected the schemes of urban development. The study considers how this urban policy combined capitalist strategies with political centralization, which allowed solidification of government control.

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Mowery, Kara, and Mathew Novak. "Challenges, motivations, and desires of downtown revitalizers." Journal of Place Management and Development 9, no. 1 (March 14, 2016): 9–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-09-2015-0035.

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Purpose This study aims to identify the motivations, challenges and desires of the various actors working in contemporary downtown revitalization in mid-sized cities. Design/methodology/approach Using Spokane, Washington, as a case study, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted with key players in downtown redevelopment, including public administrators, private developers and non-profit representatives. Findings Results indicate that those conducting renewal projects are primarily motivated by economics, but additionally cite heritage preservation values and community development as significant factors. Moreover, contemporary renewal projects are found to be small-scale endeavours, undertaken by individual private investors, as government involvement has significantly diminished. Revitalizers tended to express frustration with a lack of investor and public awareness regarding renewal opportunities, suggesting that increased information dissemination might promote further renewal work within mid-sized urban downtowns. Originality/value Findings provide insight into issues with neoliberal policies in addressing contemporary urban issues, and suggest a more nuanced understanding of contemporary urban development processes beyond the narrowly defined profit-driven paradigm.

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Ünlü, Alper. "Urban Regeneration, Renewal or Rehabilitation What for and for Whom ?" Open House International 35, no. 4 (December 1, 2010): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2010-b0006.

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Today central neighborhoods of Istanbul like other cities of Turkey has entered a critical stage in urban preservation and urban regeneration issues. This discussion rather than being an academic argument, it exposes many contradictions about the real life especially in central neighborhoods. The reason for being dilemma for these settings, first, these neighborhoods are typical dilapidated historical environment and they may need urgent decisions for preservation and conservation, second, “the urban transformation law” that we faced for historical environments which is passed from the Turkish Parliament in 2006, coded as 5366. This paper elaborates two set of aspects about the real situation of central neighborhoods. First set is based on the physical and social aspects of the historical environment before the urban regeneration project, the second set of aspects will be related to the aspects of the implementation of the project. The aspects in general sense present insufficiencies in physical and social contexts. These aspects can also be observed in central neighborhoods of Istanbul, like Tarlabasi, Fener, Balat and Zeyrek. The realities which we observed in these neighborhoods force us to conclude that we should rapidly regenerate these neighborhoods that they perceived as the edge of the threshold of “ghetto”. The paper presents contradictions about the aspects of the dilapidated environment, and it also predicts possible aspects in new urban regeneration projects that they might be emerged after application of the new law. The insufficiencies stated in new projects bring out a classical question “does the law coded 5366 efficiently change or regenerate the dilapidated central neighborhoods?”. Will we have better living conditions in central neighborhoods after the implementation of the law coded 5366 ? The paper ends with the discussion on complicated aspects of the central neighborhoods regarding the issues of new living conditions, the implementation of new law and monetary based opportunities for new land or property developers. The paper draws the attention to unseen qualities of the central neighborhoods and it evaluates ongoing manipulations and legal implementations for building blocks based on short term speculations.

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Chan, Edwin H. W., and Grace K. L. Lee. "Contribution of urban design to economic sustainability of urban renewal projects in Hong Kong." Sustainable Development 16, no. 6 (November 2008): 353–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sd.350.

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Shen, Qiping, Hao Wang, and Bo-sin Tang. "A decision-making framework for sustainable land use in Hong Kong's urban renewal projects." Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 3, no. 1 (May 13, 2014): 35–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-09-2013-0047.

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Purpose – Urban renewal projects provide an effective channel for adjusting land-use allocation and improving land-use efficiency, which effectively increases land supply. The purpose of this paper is to support the decision-making process of sustainable land use in urban renewal projects. A GIS-based framework, consisting of a planning support model and a land information database, has been developed in a typical high-density city – Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative and quantitative combined methodology is designed for this research. Several research methods such as expert interviews, focus group meetings, and case studies and technical approaches such as GIS, MCA, and AHP are adopted in this research. Findings – General and sustainability criteria for land-use decision making in urban renewal along with associated data are identified, and an integrated approach to quantitatively assessing land-use suitability is developed. Research limitations/implications – The framework was developed in a loosely coupled form rather than a software package installed on a computer, and the development of the land information database was a time-consuming process as a large amount of data were collected, processed, and analyzed. Originality/value – Application of the proposed framework is reported by showing analyzed results of land-use suitability. The framework proves a useful tool for both practitioners and researchers involved in sustainable land use for urban renewal.

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Lee, Jong-Kweon, Hyeon-Soo Park, and Kyo-Jin Koo. "Public-Private Collaboration Process for Planning Phase of Urban Renewal Projects." Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 12, no. 3 (May 31, 2011): 22–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/kjcem.2011.12.3.22.

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Kamakia, Antony, Shi Guoqing, and Mohammad Zaman. "Development Projects and the Economic Displacement of Urban Micro-Enterprises in Nairobi City, Kenya." International Journal of Global Sustainability 2, no. 1 (January 31, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijgs.v2i1.12446.

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The 21st century has been much associated with globalization and infrastructure booms. These factors have led to accelerated urban renewal projects, tailored to accommodate urban growth in many Countries. For Kenya, numerous urban renewal projects are in the pipeline, under the auspices of blueprints such as the Nairobi Urban Transport Master Plan (2014-2030). Recently, Kenya has also upgraded its land acquisition and displacement framework to manage development projects with enormous land acquisition, among other reasons. The framework apportions different entitlements to both formal and informal PAPs displaced by development projects. The question, however, is the effectiveness of the framework, as concerns economic displacement of vulnerable informal micro-enterprises. This paper is a culmination of research undertaken on the displaced informal micro-enterprises during the expansion of outer ring road in Nairobi, Kenya. A sample of 210 of the 615 displaced micro-enterprises was selected using systematic random sampling. Both quantitative and qualitative research techniques are utilized. Results indicate that even though the project had adequate income and livelihood restoration components, they were non-prioritized hence negative impacts and outcomes to the dislocated micro-enterprises. The major recommendation is that Kenya should adopt resettlement with development where resettlement is carried out as a separate development project lasting more than ten years. Also, the micro-enterprise and DIDR frameworks can be strategically linked to deliver synergetic outputs. The international finance Institutions such as World Bank can also assist in the highlighted aspects, during this period when they are fortifying Country systems for DIDR across the World.

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Roelofs, Portia. "Urban renewal in Ibadan, Nigeria: World class but essentially Yoruba." African Affairs 120, no. 480 (July 1, 2021): 391–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adab021.

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Abstract Urban renewal is central to ‘world-class’ city aspirations on the African continent: demolitions and evictions exemplify the power of the state to restructure urban space, prioritizing elite forms of accumulation and enforcing aesthetic norms of cleanliness, order and modernity. The ubiquity of world-class city-making has been taken by urban studies scholars as evidence of African leaders’ converging on a unitary aspirational urban imaginary. This article contends that the concept of world class should instead be understood as a key terrain on which African governments’ distinctive and diverse ideational ambitions are expressed. In Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, vernacular political traditions—in this case Yoruba cultural nationalism centred on the ideas of Obafemi Awolowo—were deployed by the state governor to legitimize urban renewal. Drawing on the Yoruba notion that elitism can be ‘generalized’, the cultivation of globalized urban forms was not only a project of becoming ever more homogenously ‘international’ but a historically grounded aspiration to become ever more essentially Yoruba. Thus, beyond commonalities across the discourses used to legitimize neoliberal urban development—world class, international and global—these universal sounding imaginaries may at the same time express much more particularistic political projects.

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Baek, Yoonjee, Changmu Jung, and Heesun Joo. "Residents’ Perception of a Collaborative Approach with Artists in Culture-Led Urban Regeneration: A Case Study of the Changdong Art Village in Changwon City in Korea." Sustainability 13, no. 15 (July 26, 2021): 8320. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158320.

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This study asserts that the higher the degree of artists’ and residents’ participation in a culture-led renewal project, the higher the level of residents’ satisfaction. Engaging artist groups and introducing cultural programs can facilitate building a collaborative network between artists and residents. This paper adopts an experimental study method and defines the experimental and control groups as follows: the experimental group (Changwon city) has relatively high artist participation, and the control group (Sacheon, Gimhae, Miryang cities) have relatively low artist involvement. Multiple regression analysis was conducted utilizing 192 valid survey data in R studio software. The significant variables were compared between the experimental group (Model 1) and the control group (Model 2). As a result, the relative effects of “1. experience (or amount) of residents’ participation in urban renewal programs”, “2. reflection of residents’ opinions”, and “3. neighborly trust” on “residents’ satisfaction with urban regeneration projects and expected outcomes” was shown to be greater in the experimental group. The result implies that the involvement of cultural entities and the operation of arts programs increase residents’ will to participate in renewal projects and to build neighborly trust. Further, collection and reflection of residents’ opinions about the renewal works were more smoothly completed when mediated by artist participation and using cultural content.

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Engberg, Lars A. "Negotiating Green Retrofitting Standards in Danish Urban Renewal :- The Case of Copenhagen." Open House International 39, no. 2 (June 1, 2014): 6–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-02-2014-b0002.

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The City of Copenhagen aims to become the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025. Ten per cent of the total CO2-reduction target is to be achieved through energy retrofitting of existing buildings in the city. This article reports from an action research study in the urban renewal section in Copenhagen City Council where planners struggle to promote more and better energy retrofitting projects in the urban renewal scheme. The study finds that planners in fact approach green retrofitting as a ‘wicked problem’ that requires new solution strategies targeting the complexity of developing new retrofitting standards and solutions in the existing urban renewal framework. The analysis shows how planners’ strategic responses are challenged by competing worldviews concerning the role of urban renewal and the problems and potentials of green retrofitting in practice.

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Zhuang, Taozhi, Queena K. Qian, Henk J. Visscher, and Marja G. Elsinga. "An analysis of urban renewal decision-making in China from the perspective of transaction costs theory: the case of Chongqing." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 35, no. 4 (February 18, 2020): 1177–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10901-020-09733-9.

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Abstract In China, there is a growing number of urban renewal projects due to the rapid growth of the economy and urbanization. To meet the needs of urban development, urban renewal requires a sound decision-making approach involving various stakeholder groups. However, current urban renewal decision-making is criticized for poor efficiency, equity, and resulting in many unintended adverse outcomes. It is claimed that high-level transaction costs (e.g., a great deal of time spent on negotiation and coordination) are the factors hidden behind the problems. However, few studies have analyzed urban renewal decision-making in a transaction costs perspective. Using the case of Chongqing, this paper aims at adopting transaction costs theory to understand the administrative process of urban renewal decision-making in China. This research focuses on four key stakeholder groups: municipal government, district government, local administrative organizations, and the consulting parties. A transaction costs analytical framework is established. First, the decision-making stages of urban renewal and involved key stakeholder groups are clarified. Second, the transactions done by different stakeholder groups in each stage is identified, thus to analyze what types of transaction costs are generated. Third, the relative levels of transaction costs among different stakeholder groups were measured based on the interview. The empirical analysis reveals how transaction costs occur and affect urban renewal decision-making. Finally, policy implications were proposed to reduce transaction costs in order to enhance urban renewal.

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De Salles Dias, Maria, Amélia De Lima Friche, Sueli Mingoti, Dário Da Silva Costa, Amanda De Souza Andrade, Fernando Freire, Veneza De Oliveira, and Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa. "Mortality from Homicides in Slums in the City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil: An Evaluation of the Impact of a Re-Urbanization Project." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 1 (January 8, 2019): 154. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010154.

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Background: Homicide rates in Brazil are among the highest worldwide. Although not exclusive to large Brazilian cities, homicides find their most important determinants in cities’ slums. In the last decade, an urban renewal process has been initiated in the city of Belo Horizonte, in Brazil. Named Vila Viva project, it includes structuring urban interventions such as urban renewal, social development actions and land regularization in the slums of the city. This study evaluates the project’s effect on homicide rates according to time and interventions. Methods: Homicide rates were analyzed comparing five slums with interventions (S1–S5) to five grouped non-intervened slums (S0), with similar socioeconomic characteristics from 2002 to 2012. Poisson regression model estimates the effect of time of observation and the effect of time of exposure (in years) to a completed intervention, besides the overall risk ratio (RR). Results: Using the time of observation in years, homicide rates decreased in the studied period and even more if considered cumulative time of exposure to a completed intervention for S1, S2, S3 and S4, but not for S5. Conclusions: Although the results of the effect of the interventions are not repeated in all slums, a downward trend in homicide rates has been found, which is connected to the interventions. New approaches could be necessary in order to verify the nexus between slum renewal projects and the reduction of homicide rates.

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van der Waals, Jochem F. M., Walter J. V. Vermeulen, and Pieter Glasbergen. "Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Housing: Experiences in Urban Renewal Projects in the Netherlands." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 21, no. 3 (June 2003): 411–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c0037j.

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It is increasingly being recognised that the housing sector can contribute to reductions in the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2). The renewal of existing residential areas offers opportunities to reduce CO2 emissions. However, technical options for CO2-reduction, such as insulation, solar energy, and combined heat and power, often fail to materialise. For a better understanding of why options for CO2-reduction are applied or rejected, it is insufficient to consider only the economic and technical features of these options themselves: factors related to planning processes play an important role as well. Experiences in urban renewal projects suggest that a combination of local process management and national top-down strategies is needed to go beyond conventional building practices.

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Lee, Grace K. L., and Edwin H. W. Chan. "Indicators for evaluating environmental performance of the Hong Kong urban renewal projects." Facilities 27, no. 13/14 (July 3, 2009): 515–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770910996351.

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van der Brugge, Rutger, and Rutger de Graaf. "Linking water policy innovation and urban renewal: the case of Rotterdam, The Netherlands." Water Policy 12, no. 3 (January 4, 2010): 381–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2010.037.

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Different strategy positions are possible with regard to new urban water infrastructural investments. A relatively new position argues that new water infrastructure needs to be linked to ongoing urban developments. This article investigates how the urban water management organizations in Rotterdam developed its climate adaptation strategy by creating urban development strategies that are sensitive to water issues. A crucial factor was the recognition that water could contribute to solving urban problems by upgrading neighbourhood quality. In this case study, a multi-level analysis is used to reconstruct the urban water management cascade, that is, the turns in thinking made by the Rotterdam water professionals, leading to this new approach. In particular the interactions between the envisioning project Rotterdam Water City 2035 and the broader policy context in this cascade together with how they were managed strategically are investigated. This research indicates that the Rotterdam urban water management organizations realized a successful water policy innovation; however, the institutional mechanisms needed to realize, operate and maintain the proposed multi-stakeholder projects on a city-wide scale are still missing. This is currently the major challenge for realizing climate adaptation in terms of water sensitive urban development.

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Pinilla, Juan Felipe, and Martín Arteaga. "Governance through Conflict: Consensus Building in the Fenicia Urban Renewal Project in Bogotá, Colombia." Built Environment 47, no. 1 (April 1, 2021): 31–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.2148/benv.47.1.31.

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The Fenicia project is an urban redevelopment project in an area of downtown Bogotá, within the immediate vicinity of Los Andes University, the principal promoter of the project. The project has not yet been completed but the way in which it has been formulated, as well as its characteristics and basic objectives, have made it a reference point in the city of Bogotá. From the very beginning, the project has confronted numerous conflicts and tensions between the different stakeholders involved in its implementation. The conflict management approach implemented in this case study has contributed to correcting many of the equity concerns that other urban renewal projects in the city have generated. It does so by promoting inclusive and deliberative dynamics between the promoter, local authorities, and property owners in the zone. Land readjustment is an instrument that could allow the current property owners to remain in the area, participate as partners in the benefits of the project, and play a leading role in decision-making processes.

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Yiannakou, Athena. "Urban regeneration as a perpetual planning process: Understanding the role of stakeholders in property-led regeneration projects in Greek cities." Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit 35, no. 2 (March 2020): 83–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269094220914470.

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Urban regeneration has been at the forefront of urban planning and development in European cities for many decades and is strongly connected to property-led development, with the involvement of various stakeholders. In Greece, urban regeneration, as a public policy response to large-scale abandonment and dereliction of urban land, has not been successful so far. The Greek planning system and its provisions for renewal of degraded urban areas have for long been regarded as an obstacle to the implementation of urban regeneration projects. The reform of the planning system in the 2010s introduced some critical changes, with an emphasis on larger-scale development, but with no particular focus on urban regeneration. Using two case studies of regeneration projects in the city of Thessaloniki, this paper attempts to provide an insight into the role of the various stakeholders in such projects. It is argued that in these projects, each stakeholder, irrespective of its character, acts as distinct interest group which develops only binary relations with other stakeholders. Thus, the regeneration project becomes a platform upon which each stakeholder aims to secure its power, instead of a coordinated multi-stakeholder process with a framework for sharing the costs and benefits of its implementation.

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Williams, Glyn, Umesh Omanakuttan, J. Devika, and N. Jagajeevan. "Planning a ‘slum free' Trivandrum: Housing upgrade and the rescaling of urban governance in India." Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 37, no. 2 (June 29, 2018): 256–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399654418784305.

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This paper examines how India’s national urban development agenda is reshaping relationships between national, State and city-level governments. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, the flagship programme that heralded a new era of urban investment in India, contained a range of key governance aspirations: linking the analysis of urban poverty to city-level planning, developing holistic housing solutions for the urban poor, and above all empowering Urban Local Bodies to re-balance relationships between State and city-level governments in favour of the latter. Here, we trace Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission’s implementation in Kerala’s capital city, Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), where the city’s decentralised urban governance structure and use of ‘pro-poor’ institutions to implement housing upgrade programmes could have made it an exemplar of success. In practice, Trivandrum’s ‘city visioning’ exercises and the housing projects it has undertaken have fallen short of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission’s lofty goals. The contradictions between empowering cities and retaining centralised control embedded within this national programme, and the unintended city-level consequences of striving for Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission funding success, have reshaped urban governance in ways not envisaged within policy. As a result, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has been important in rescaling governance relationships through three interlinked dynamics of problem framing, technologies of governance and the scalar strategy of driving reform ‘from above’ that together have ensured the national state’s continued influence over the practices of urban governance in India.

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Nesticò, Antonio, and Francesco Sica. "The sustainability of urban renewal projects: a model for economic multi-criteria analysis." Journal of Property Investment & Finance 35, no. 4 (July 3, 2017): 397–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpif-01-2017-0003.

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Purpose The decisions taken today relating to urban renewal interventions are rarely supported by logical and operational methodologies capable of effectively rationalising selection processes. For this purpose, it is necessary to propose and implement analysis models with the aim of promoting the sustainable development of the territory. The purpose of this paper is to define a model for the optimal allocation of scarce resources. Design/methodology/approach The Discrete Linear Programming (DLP) is used for selecting investments aimed at achieving financial, social, cultural and environmental sustainability. Findings The proposed model lends itself to the construction of investment plans on behalf of both types of decision makers, of both a public and a private nature. Research limitations/implications All projects are evaluated according to multi-criteria logics, so that it is possible to find compromise solutions, in accordance with the stakeholders’ different preferences. Practical implications The model, written with A Mathematical Programming Language using DLP logics, is tested – case study – so as to define an investment programme finalised for urban renewal of a vast area. Social implications The proposed econometric model makes it possible to obtain the optimal combination of projects for urban renewal with a view to achieving the sustainable development of the territory. Originality/value Using the proposed model, all projects are evaluated according to multi-criteria logics, so that it is possible to find compromise solutions, in accordance with the stakeholders’ different preferences.

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Hajialiakbari, Kaveh, Mohammad Zare, and Mitra Karimi. "The Role of “Scale” on the Acceleration of Social Interaction in Urban Spaces." Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs 6, no. 1 (August 18, 2021): 59–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2022.v6n1-6.

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Rehabilitation projects are interventions that can lead to the transformation of the socio-spatial structure of obsolescent neighborhoods. The main intention of such projects is the creation and/or improvement of social interactions after physical and functional interventions. Urban Renewal Organization of Tehran (UROT) is tasked with identification of target obsolescent neighborhoods, preparation of neighborhood development plans and implementation of rehabilitation projects to improve the quality of space and stimulate social interactions. In this paper, three urban spaces in different scales (“micro” for neighborhoods, “meso” for local and “macro” for trans-local scales), designed and implemented by UROT, were selected as a case study. By designing and filling a questionnaire and after analyzing research findings, the effect of the scale of the urban project on different activities was evaluated based on the Gehl model. Overall, in the expanded model based on the scale of space, an inverse ratio between the scale of space and both optional selective and social activities has been revealed.

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Cysek-Pawlak, Monika Maria. "Mixed use and diversity as a New Urbanism principle guiding the renewal of post-industrial districts." Urban Development Issues 57, no. 1 (June 27, 2018): 53–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/udi-2018-0017.

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Abstract The revival of post-industrial areas, understood as a factor determining contemporary urban development, is a key process in regeneration. Such areas attract strategic renewal projects, because despite their perfect location next to city centres, they have long been inaccessible to city residents. The backbone of the projects is provided by programmes laying out the future functions of such areas and their target users. In the past, mono-functional districts were popular but their numerous weaknesses have meant that mixed use and diversity are increasingly being introduced into urban areas today. Mixed use and diversity underlie the urban design movement known as the New Urbanism. This article assesses the role of mixed-use and diversity as the New Urbanism principle guiding the renewal of post-industrial areas. It is based on desk research and a comparative analysis of two case studies: the Paris Rive Gauche (France) and the New Centre of Lodz (Poland). The article concludes that regeneration based on the New Urbanism principle of functional and user diversity leads to an effective renewal of run-down urban areas. The applicability of other New Urbanism principles stressing the need to ensure harmony between an urban design strategy and the human scale in the revival of urban neighbourhoods is also worth considering in the long term.

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Gregory, Jenny, and Jill L. Grant. "The Role of Emotions in Protests against Modernist Urban Redevelopment in Perth and Halifax." Articles 42, no. 2 (June 23, 2014): 44–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1025699ar.

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In the 1950s and 1960s modernist town planning reordered countless cities through urban renewal and freeway-building projects. Applying rational planning expertise generated emotional responses that often lingered long after redevelopment occurred. This article considers the emotional response to urban renewal in two cities advised by the British town planner Gordon Stephenson. In Perth, Australia, Stephenson was amongst a group of experts who planned a freeway that obliterated part of the valued river environment and threatened a historic structure. In Halifax, Stephenson prepared the initial scientific study used to justify dismantling part of the downtown and a historic black community on the urban fringe. While the Perth case generated an explosion of emotional intensity that failed to prevent environmental despoliation but saved some heritage assets, the Halifax example initiated a lingering emotional dispute involving allegations of neglect and racism. Comparing cases resulting from the activities of a noted practitioner illustrates differing emotional trajectories produced in the wake of the modernist planning project.

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