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urban redevelopment [2 records]

Record 1 2014-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Renewal
  • Urban Development
CONT

Title l of the 1949 Housing Act authorized federal grants and loans to localities for slum clearance and urban redevelopment, under the condition that there be "a feasible method for the temporary relocation of families displaced from the project area and the permanent provision of decent dwellings at prices and rents within the financial means of such families." Ostensibly, slum clearance was done to promote the building of low and moderate income housing. However, private developers were largely uninterested in inner-city residential redevelopment when vacant land was readily available at the periphery. The first lesson of urban renewal was clearly taught, if not learned: land clearance does not create demand. Instead, public housing was developed in large scale residential "projects" in urban renewal district.

CONT

A comprehensive understanding of market dynamics is essential to analysis of urban redevelopment projects. Terzo & Bologna, Inc.'s proven expertise in this field has led to the firm being retained for a vast array of urban redevelopment projects to include downtown revitalization and adaptive reuse of special purpose properties such as historic theaters and military facilities.

Key term(s)
  • redevelopment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rénovation urbaine
  • Développement urbain
DEF

Opération qui a pour but de traiter un quartier bâti en vue de l'adapter aux nécessités de la vie urbaine contemporaine.

OBS

[La rénovation urbaine] Peut se traduire par la reconstruction complète ou partielle, la réhabilitation ou la restauration du quartier.

CONT

D'une façon générale, on peut qualifier de rénovation, toute opération coordonnée de construction d'un îlot ou d'un quartier. La rénovation urbaine qui est un renouvellement du tissu urbain existant est donc le complément de l'urbanisation périphérique. Elle se distingue par ailleurs de la restauration immobilière dans laquelle la plupart des constructions existantes sont conservées.

Key term(s)
  • rénovation

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remodelación urbana
  • Ordenación urbana
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Record 2 2002-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Renewal
DEF

The planning or replanning, design or redesign, resubdivision, clearance, development, reconstruction and rehabilitation, or any of them, of a redevelopment area.

OBS

In the context of urban renewal, and by comparison with conservation and rehabilitation, redevelopment represents only one form of treatment - albeit the most drastic - in the elimination of blight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rénovation urbaine
CONT

(...) la notion de "réaménagement" ne saurait se concevoir uniquement par rapport aux très vieux quartiers des villes. L'action de réaménagement se justifie également fréquemment dans des quartiers ou secteurs beaucoup plus récents, où des lotissements ont proliféré d'une manière anarchique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remodelación urbana
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