The Eugene Riverfront
Urban Renewal District spans about 178 acres between Franklin Boulevard and the south bank of the Willamette River, from the Ferry Street Bridge east past Walnut Street.
Many consider the term
urban renewal to be misleading.
McGrath, who served the city during the height of
urban renewal.
Despite the fact that the importance of buildings' lifespan has been well addressed in previous studies, buildings' short lifespan as a result of
urban renewal in China has been hitherto given little attention.
After decades of unplanned urban settlement and unregulated construction, Turkish government started countrywide
urban renewal project which intends to demolish some 6,500 non-earthquake resistant buildings in order to prevent deaths, the government now requires all new large buildings and complexes to have facilities management.
The total collapse of
urban renewal order in the United States led to a new and overpowering paradigm of urban crisis.
While most associate active
urban renewal projects with the likes of Harvard in Boston, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and Columbia in New York City, presidents of urban universities across the country are involved in a wide range of city planning and economic development issues.
Isenberg explores the impact of
urban renewal not only on the urban land-scape, but on the discourse of downtown revitalization in chapter 5.
The intriguing title of the book, Knights and Castles, evokes the period of the Middle Ages in Great Britain, more particularly the strategies used by both dominant groups and dominated groups to promote their interests and protect and/or develop neighbourhoods, and how these interactions affect the programmes and processes of
urban renewal.
Fullilove's work documents how
urban renewal, combined with crime and violence, have shredded the social and economic structure of African Americans and compounded the trauma of the individual and the collective mental health of our communities.
I am glad that the art community is recognizing that
urban renewal can be done through the significant linkage between art and community involvement.
The Koizumi administration has declared that
urban renewal (Toshi Saiset) is one of its top priorities.
