What Is Urban Renewal?

• The purpose of urban renewal is to improve specific areas of a city that are poorly developed
or underdeveloped.

• These areas can have old deteriorated buildings and bad streets and utilities or the areas
can lack streets and utilities altogether.

• The only solution to improve the condition of towns is to eliminate the existing and prevent
the future blight.

• It requires three major actions in the form of conservation ,rehabilitation and

redevelopment.

• A continuous process of remodeling older parts of urban areas, including their central
business areas by means of rehabilitation and conservation as well as redevelopment.

• The displacement of an existing low-income population, creating space for more profitable
office, commercial and luxury residential development or the provision of transport facilities.

Urban Renewal is of growing importance because of:

• urban areas are becoming larger and older, so more and more renewal of urban fabric has to
take place.

• constant expansion of urban areas into agricultural hinterland, while large quantities of
urban land and buildings are abandoned and left dilapidated.

Basic Concepts:

• Urban Renewal programs are generally undertaken by public authorities or by local

governments.

• The emphasis is on those parts which have fallen below current standards of public
acceptability.

• These are commonly to be found in: the residential parts of the inner city, the central
business district itself.

STEPS TO BE TAKEN FOR URBAN RENEWAL

• A comprehensive plan is prepared for the overall development of the town considering the
present and future trends .

• A detailed civic survey of the town is conducted.

• Co-operation of various agencies such as individual property owners,tenants,local authority,

and the government.

• Resettlement of the families and business affected under renewal programme in other parts
of the town.
• Regid enforcement of various development rules and building bye-laws by the authority
concerned .

• Provision of adequate finance to work out the programme successfully.