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Urban renaissance
Repopularisation of city living in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the United Kingdom. For land redevelopment to address urban decay, see Urban renewal. For the Japanese housing agency, see Urban Renaissance Agency.
Urban renaissance was a policy aim for England introduced from 1999 to address urban decline, and may also refer to the subsequent period of repopulation and regeneration of many British cities, following a period of widespread inner city urban decay and suburbanisation during the mid-20th century.
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Cities considered to have gone through an urban renaissance include Birmingham,[1] Bristol, Cardiff,[2] Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, as well as parts of London.[citation needed]
Urban renaissance has some similarities with the New Urbanism movement in North America.[which?]