Mee Kam Ng Department of Urban Planning and Design Faculty of Architecture The University of Hong Kong What is Urban Renewal? Urban renewal is not defined in ... – A free PowerPoint PPT presentation (displayed as a Flash slide show) on PowerShow.com - id: 43fa89-YTM5Y Urban renewal is required for • Dilapidating, ageing parts of the city, not providing the city its full potential and becoming a health hazard • In built form it consists of old area of the city, congested area around transit points, illegal settlements needing redevelopment • In terms of infrastructure - measures for efficient and smooth movement of traffic, improvement of transportation network, … The Urban Renewal initiatives of Reliance Foundation strive to enrich and improve public spaces to revitalise the ageing infrastructure and also provide newer facilities.

Urban Renewal is an initiative that encompasses massive city-modernisation in order to improve the quality of life and infrastructure in cities. It was restructured to reposition it in … OCCUR was founded in 1954 at a time when the City of Oakland, CA was transforming from a mid-sized working-class community to one of the country’s most complex and diverse cities which came with all of the issues related to urban renewal. Urban Renewal in Lagos State LAGOS STATE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY (LASURA) a parastatal of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development came into existence in 1991 by Edict No 7 of 1991.