Urban renewal

Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in British English) is a movement in urban planning that reached its peak in the United States from the late 1940s through the early 1970s. It has had a massive impact on the urban landscape and continues to the present day. It has also played an important role in cities worldwide, such as Saint John, New Brunswick, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, and Bilbao, Spain.

External links

• Life in the Model City: Stories of Urban Renewal in New Haven -- online exhibit by the New Haven Oral History Project
• The story of urban renewal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Urban Renewal and the Changing Face of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Urban renewal in a small American city
• Urban Renewal and the Growth Machine
• Jane Jacobs on the legacy of urban renewal in the United States
• Boston City Hall Plaza: Project for Public Spaces -- analysis and user comments
• Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life
• San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
• The Public Housing Debate web site
• History and development of London's Docklands
• BBC article on urban renewal in England
• Contemporary Urban Regeneration in the UK
• Online Guide to what works in Neighbourhood Renewal (England,UK)
• Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (England,UK)
• Urban Renewal Authority, Hong Kong
• Fresh Ministries
• Urban Renewal in the Netherlands (the policy, projects, links)