neighborhood revitalization
Urban area improvement
Neighborhood revitalization is the process of renewing a declining urban area through investment, development, and community improvement efforts.
The term covers everything from infrastructure repairs and new housing to attracting businesses and reducing crime.
Revitalization can raise property values and improve services, but critics note it often leads to displacement of longtime residents—making it a polite cousin of gentrification: The city launched a neighborhood revitalization plan for the old industrial district.
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- code enforcementMunicipal standards oversight
- sweat equityUnpaid work as investment
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- urban planningMunicipal development coordination
community organizing · affordable housing · workforce training · walkability · front porch · urban gardening · cultural festivals · senior services · renewable energy projects · public art installations · tax incentives · ribbon cutting · historic preservation · youth programs · civic pride · block party · corner store · historic
- urban planningcity planning, zoning map, master plans, zones, zoning reform
neighborhood revitalizationurban decay
City infrastructure deterioration
neighborhood decline · urban blight · disinvestment · blight · white flight
neighborhood revitalizationdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
benign neglect · abandonment · urban renewal · slum clearance · bulldozing