The acquisition of run-down city areas for purposes of redevelopment.

Governmental programs of encouraging the renovation of deteriorating city neighborhoods through the renovation or destruction of old buildings and the construction of new ones.

Definition Redeveloping deteriorated sections of a city through demolition and new construction, or through extensive rehabilitation. Many urban renewal projects are government funded or subsidized.

Urban renewal refers to the process of redeveloping urban areas by renovating or replacing existing dilapidated buildings in urban areas. It is achieved through new housing, public buildings, parks, r [..]

Controversial urban land redevelopment programs, implemented in the post-war decades, that brought freeways and public housing projects to many cities.

The planned upgrading of a deteriorating urban area, involving rebuilding, renovation, or restoration. It frequently refers to Programs of major demolition and rebuilding of blighted areas.

The planned upgrading of a deteriorating urban area, involving rebuilding, renovation, or restoration. It frequently refers to programs of major demolition and rebuilding of blighted areas.

A federal government funding program that began with the passage of the Housing Act of 1949.  Designed to create housing and promote economic development within the nation’s rapidly deteriorating inne [..]

Urban renewal was a component of the 1949 U.S. Housing Act. Its main focus was to encourage private investment in city centers in two unfortunate and ultimately ineffective ways: by clearing away neighboring "slums" and by building highways through cities.