TY - BOOK AU - Jalaludin, Bin AU - Maxwell, Michelle TI - Urban renewal: Policy and management SN - 9781682500699 U1 - 307.3416 PY - 2016/// PB - Magnum Publishing KW - Urban renewal KW - Urban renewal -- Management KW - Urban policy N2 - Urban renewal, is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. Urban renewal involves the relocation of businesses, the demolition of structures, the relocation of people, and the use of eminent domain as a legal instrument to take private property for city-initiated development projects. Urban renewal has been seen by proponents as an eco­nomic engine and a reform mechanism, and by critics as a mechanism for control. It may enhance existing communities, and in some cases result in the demolition of neighborhoods. The book con­centrates on urban renewal focusing on the social and physical aspects of this process ER -