This document discusses various concepts related to urban renewal including urban renewal, revitalization, rehabilitation, transformation, facelifting, and gentrification. It defines each concept and discusses their goals and methods. For example, it states that urban renewal refers to demolishing buildings in an area and rebuilding with more environmentally suitable and safer structures. It also outlines the objectives of replanning, which include providing suitable control of future growth and a healthy environment through proper land use and long-term planning.

1. Town Planning
Urban Renewal
Replanning
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2. Urban Renewal
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 Urban Renewal (UR) refers to demolishing buildings in a certain area and
rebuilding on it again in environmentally more suitable standards and better
builidngs.
 UR projects will represent areas containing unsafe buildings, for the purposes of
earthquakes, and by employing certain methods new and safer buildings will be
provided to the inhabitants.
 Revitalization refers to upgrading of buildings, land uses and/or clients in
order to recover devastated urban quarters. Old uses might be kept or new
uses can be appointed to old buildings. The word revitalization in fact bears
its meaning: bringing back to life derelict urban areas. Old facturies might be
converted into lofts (residences) as it is the case in many places in Paris.
 Rehabilitation refers to bringing existing buildings to present day standards
and thus making them suitable to live and work in: providing heating and
cooling systems, installing lifts to upper floors of high buildings, bringing
water and sewerage piping to represent some of such such initiatives.
 Transformation is a more vague definition than the former. The word directly
refers to changing from one shape to another, from one land use to other
uses.

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 Transformation is a more vague definition than the former. The word directly refers
to changing from one shape to another, from one land use to other uses. The way the
Turkish Government is employing the term is perhaps better defined by this word.
 Facelifting is a method of renewing the make-up of buildings. The intervention to
buildings is made in renewing plaster, painting of facades, and adding ornements to
what people see the most from the street. As such, it does not represent a very
meaningful action, but rather some beautification. However, the main problem in
general is with other issues which leave buildings derelict: the weaknesses of
the local economy, an ageing resident population with insufficient incomes, an
insufficiency of infrastructure and services, to name a few. In UR, these form
core issues to fight for and not simply the physical look of buildings.
 Gentrification is a term frequently used for residential areas, although it may refer to
any lurban land use. The term refers to all those interventions which help upgrade
the living standards in an urban quarter. Often government or private investment
brings in whealthier residents or commerce thus help renovate premises. It is argued
and criticized that this process pushes out poorer local occupants and causes out-
migration and therefore is not welcome.

4. Replanning
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Objective
 To provide suitable means to control future growth
 To provide healthy environment for economic and social welfare
 Proper land use
 Correct mistakes and precautions
 Suggest long term plan
 Data
 Building & Infra data classified in 3 categories
 Sound condition
 Deteriorating
 Dilapidated condition
 Density, LU, communication, industry, parks, play grounds, open
spaces, public utility