The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) is a quasi-governmental, profit-making statutory body in Hong Kong responsible for accelerating urban redevelopment.
The "Blue House" in Stone Nullah Lane.
A printing shop with an Urban Renewal Authority closure notice.
URA projects have been criticised for lacking human scale. The Island Crest development replaced a block of shophouses.
Lee Tung Street prior to demolition.
Urban renewal is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighted areas in inner cities in favour of new housing, businesses, and other developments.
Melbourne Docklands urban renewal project, a transformation of a large disused docks area into a new residential and commercial precinct for 25,000 people
1999 photograph looking northeast on Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts
A project named Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, transformed a large disused dock into a new luxury residential and commercial district.
Clearing large areas of South Brisbane in 1987 to make way for World Expo 88.