At the end of the twentieth century the cities of Barcelona, London and Berlin set the tone for European urban renewal. Thanks to a unique approach, Flanders now seems to have taken the lead: the so-called Concept Subsidy enables smaller towns to develop high-quality urban renewal projects. This book offers a critical review of the six years in which 15 towns received this subsidy.

Concept funding
'Framing Urban Renewal in Flanders' presents the evolution of urban development related to spatial planning, socio-economic activities and cultural heritage in Flanders. Special attention is given to the concept funding, a Flemish financial support and individual guidance for the development of a solid project base and an innovating project vision.

Series Explorations in/of Urbanism
This book is part of the series Explorations in/of Urbanism. This series aims to fill a gap in the contemporary debate concerning urbanism. Each contribution to the series is a case study and an exploration in urbanism (the science of the city) as well as an exploration of urbanism (the discipline that acts upon the city). As a series, Explorations in/of Urbanism has the ambition to document and critically analyse a worldwide spectrum of changing urban conditions in interaction with the development of urbanism.

Other books in this series are:
- Antwerp. Territory of a New Modernity
- Reclaiming (the Urbanism of) Mumbai
- Designing for a Region