Editing Redevelopment (section)

==Description==
Variations on redevelopment include:

* Urban [[infill]] on vacant parcels that have no existing activity but were previously developed, especially on [[brownfield land]], such as the redevelopment of an industrial site into a [[mixed-use development]].
* Constructing with a denser land usage, such as the redevelopment of a block of townhouses into a large apartment building.
* [[Adaptive reuse]], where older structures are converted for improved current market use, such as an industrial mill into housing lofts.

Redevelopment projects can be small or large ranging from a single building to entire new neighborhoods or "new town in town" projects.

Redevelopment also refers to state and federal statutes which give cities and counties the authority to establish redevelopment agencies and give the agencies the authority to attack problems of [[urban decay]].  The  fundamental tools of a redevelopment agency include the authority to acquire real property,  the power of eminent domain, to develop and sell property without bidding and  the authority and responsibility of relocating persons who have interests in the property acquired by the agency. The financing/funding of such operations might come from government grants, borrowing from federal or state governments and selling bonds and from [[tax increment financing]].

Other terms sometimes used to describe redevelopment include [[urban renewal]] (urban revitalization).  While efforts described as urban revitalization often involve redevelopment, they do not always involve redevelopment as they do not always involve the demolition of any existing structures but may instead describe the rehabilitation of existing buildings or other neighborhood improvement initiatives.

A new example of other neighborhood improvement initiatives is the funding mechanism associated with high [[carbon footprint]] [[air quality]] [[urban blight]]. Assembly Bill [[AB811]] is the [[State of California]]'s answer to funding [[renewable energy]] and allows cities to craft their own sustainability action plans. These cutting edge action plans needs the funding structure; which can easily come forward through redevelopment funding.