Urban Renewal: A Need to Redefine and Rebuild the Old City Area – Case of Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali and Mira Bhayander
Janhavi Rajeev Korde1, Digvijay Sanjay Deshmukh2, Sagar Pawar3

1Janhavi Rajeev Korde, Assistant Urban Planner, Techcomm Urban Management Consultants Private Limited, Thane, India.
2Digvijay Sanjay Deshmukh, Higher Secondary, Shubham Raje Jr. College, Thane, India.
3Sagar Pawar, HOD Planning, Techcomm Urban Management Consultants Private Limited, Thane, India.
Manuscript received on 16 September 2022 | Revised Manuscript received on 21 September 2022 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 October 2022 | Manuscript published on 30 October 2022 | PP: 44-46 | Volume-12 Issue-1, October 2022 | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijeat.A38311012122 | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.A3831.1012122

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Abstract: Urban renewal initiatives play an important role in achieving the targets of making human settlements and cities safe, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Urban Renewal in India is a comprehensive presentation of strategic, technical and theoretical aspects of urban areas. ‘Urban Renewal’ refers redevelopment of urban areas to ensure quality of life, growth of infrastructure, promotion of tourism. The paper describes the tools or approaches for urban renewal namely slum clearance, redevelopment and rehabilitation. To describe the urban renewal scenario in Mumbai Metropolitan Region cases of Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali and Mira Bhayandar are described. 
Keywords: Urban Renewal, Urban Renewal Plan, Urban Renewal Scheme, Redevelopment 
Scope of the Article: Municipal or Urban Engineering