Economic Growth and Neighborhood Discontent: System Bias in the Urban Renewal Program of Atlanta.Clarence N. Stone

1979 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 996-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan A. Macmanus
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Renewal Program ◽  
System Bias ◽  
Urban Renewal Program

The Socialist Bratwurst: East German Urbanism and Its Reemergence in the Present

2020 ◽  
pp. 009614422095314
Author(s):  
Samantha Fox
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Renewal Program ◽  
Sociopolitical Context ◽  
History Of ◽  
East German ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
Urban Renewal Program ◽  
Socialist Utopia ◽  
The City

This article examines defining features of East German urban planning—primarily the housing complex and the city/settlement binary—and their relationship to Eisenhüttenstadt, a city founded in 1950 as Stalinstadt, an East German socialist utopia. Today Eisenhüttenstadt is home to a novel form of urban renewal in which architects and planners look to the socialist past for inspiration as they imagine a new urban future. I examine the history of socialist urbanism as it was implemented in Eisenhüttenstadt, as well as how residents and urban planners came to understand socialist urbanism in the years immediately following German reunification. I then examine an urban renewal program, started in 2014, that explicitly draws on the socialist past. In doing so, I aim to consider the socialist city not as an architectural form but as a set of practices, spatial imaginations, and ethical commitments that can be reanimated even in a capitalist sociopolitical context.

An evaluation of an urban renewal program and its effects on neighborhood resident's overall wellbeing using concept mapping

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roshanak Mehdipanah ◽  
Davide Malmusi ◽  
Carles Muntaner ◽  
Carme Borrell
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Renewal Program ◽  
Urban Renewal Program

scholarly journals Area-Based Urban Renewal Approach for Smart Cities Development in India: Challenges of Inclusion and Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarbeswar Praharaj
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Implementation Framework ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Renewal Program ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Urban Renewal Program

Cities in the Global South face rapid urbanization challenges and often suffer an acute lack of infrastructure and governance capacities. Smart Cities Mission, in India, launched in 2015, aims to offer a novel approach for urban renewal of 100 cities following an area-based development approach, where the use of ICT and digital technologies is particularly emphasized. This article presents a critical review of the design and implementation framework of this new urban renewal program across selected case-study cities. The article examines the claims of the so-called “smart cities” against actual urban transformation on-ground and evaluates how “inclusive” and “sustainable” these developments are. We quantify the scale and coverage of the smart city urban renewal projects in the cities to highlight who the program includes and excludes. The article also presents a statistical analysis of the sectoral focus and budgetary allocations of the projects under the Smart Cities Mission to find an inherent bias in these smart city initiatives in terms of which types of development they promote and the ones it ignores. The findings indicate that a predominant emphasis on digital urban renewal of selected precincts and enclaves, branded as “smart cities,” leads to deepening social polarization and gentrification. The article offers crucial urban planning lessons for designing ICT-driven urban renewal projects, while addressing critical questions around inclusion and sustainability in smart city ventures.

Cooperative Community Solidarity Against Urban Renewal

1975 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Mithun
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Development Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neighborhood Development ◽  
Urban America ◽  
Renewal Program ◽  
Urban Renewal Program ◽  
Past Experiences

This case study documents the initial intrusion of an urban renewal program, designated as the Neighborhood Development Program (NDP), into a black Buffalo community. The NDP program as it was initially conceived could have presented an ideal opportunity for meaningful citizen participation in the urban renewal process. In actuality, the program became another marked failure resulting in one more documented case of "black removal" in urban America. This article describes the dynamic interaction between the community representatives and urban renewal officials for a year and a half during the planning stages for the NDP program. It includes the Federal and city officials' presentations of the program to the community residents; the residents' accounts of their past experiences with urban renewal and their attitudes toward the program; and the efforts of the Project Advisory Committee (PAC), composed of neighborhood residents, to play a meaningful role in the NDP planning. Discussed in the summary and conclusion are some of the larger implications that analysis of a single social process sheds on the future socio-economic development of Afro-American communities in the United States.

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