Identification of Urban Renewal Sites
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Date
2025
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
Cities are trying to adapt to the rapidly changing global trends by regenerating
themselves. Approaches and practices of urban renewal are different in several
countries. In Pakistan’s cities, particularly in the past decade, urban renewal
practices, processes and consequences have sparked several debates. The ‗new‘
gained or converted spaces in the city are also significant in terms of their impacts on
urban identity. In this context, this research study aims to identify the influences of
urban renewal, which occurred in the historical city centers, as in the case of Lahore.
The research study determines general framework of urban renewal and then, defines
a conceptual framework for assessing and locating inner city renewal sites.
This research develops a Geographic Information System (GIS) - based spatial
framework to solve issues related to urban renewal sites. The framework consists of
three main modules: land information database. In the process of developing this
framework, two tasks are completed. Initially, key factors affecting land-use decision
making in urban renewal planning are identified and are then quantitatively examined
from five perspectives of land attributes: inherent/physical, social, environmental and
recreational. Secondly, spatial analysis of the above-mentioned features is carried out
by using GIS. Several new planning approaches such as scenario planning, public
participation, and collaborative interaction are included in this framework to improve
the planning processes by enhancing their adoption and application in urban planning.
This proposed framework is found to be a useful tool for both practitioners and
researchers involved in sustainable planning for urban renewal.