example,an examination of one military site redevelopment in Jordan indicated that although the development had been promoted by a political commitment to sustainable urban renewal,it was more profit-driven rather than driven by the need to solve environmental and community concerns in the redevelopment process.Thus,although the relationship between sustainability and urban renewal is complex,it does provide a direction for a sustainable urban future. 3.METHODOLOGY Paper Retrieval Urban renewal,urban regeneration,urban redevelopment,and urban rehabilitation share similar meanings,but are used in different countries or regions.Therefore,the key words used in the literature search were urban renewal,urban regeneration,urban redevelopment,urban rehabilitation, sustainable development and sustainability.The search rule used was ("urban renewal"OR "urban regeneration"OR "urban redevelopment"OR "urban rehabilitation")AND ("sustainable development"OR "sustainability"),which was put in the searching criterion Topic in the SCl database.The procedure for retrieving papers was as follows: 1.Topics were scanned with the search rule mentioned above in the SCl database with a time span of 1990/01/01 to 2012/1231 and the language of English.With this rule,118 papers (including articles,proceedings papers,editorials,and reviews)were retrieved. 2.Papers in conference proceedings and editorials were rejected,leaving 115 articles. 3.The abstract of each paper was read to exclude irrelevant ones.Finally,81 papers were selected for the literature review. An Overview of Selected Papers A brief analysis was made of the 81 selected papers.Figure 1 shows that the number of relevant papers published between 1990 and 2012 increased substantially,indicating an increasing research interest in sustainability and urban renewal.Table 1 shows the distribution of the 81 papers in the different journals.example, an examination of one military site redevelopment in Jordan indicated that although the development had been promoted by a political commitment to sustainable urban renewal, it was more profit-driven rather than driven by the need to solve environmental and community concerns in the redevelopment process. Thus, although the relationship between sustainability and urban renewal is complex, it does provide a direction for a sustainable urban future. 3. METHODOLOGY Paper Retrieval Urban renewal, urban regeneration, urban redevelopment, and urban rehabilitation share similar meanings, but are used in different countries or regions. Therefore, the key words used in the literature search were urban renewal, urban regeneration, urban redevelopment, urban rehabilitation, sustainable development and sustainability. The search rule used was (“urban renewal” OR “urban regeneration” OR “urban redevelopment” OR “urban rehabilitation”) AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”), which was put in the searching criterion Topic in the SCI database. The procedure for retrieving papers was as follows: 1. Topics were scanned with the search rule mentioned above in the SCI database with a time span of 1990/01/01 to 2012/12/31 and the language of English. With this rule, 118 papers (including articles, proceedings papers, editorials, and reviews) were retrieved. 2. Papers in conference proceedings and editorials were rejected, leaving 115 articles. 3. The abstract of each paper was read to exclude irrelevant ones. Finally, 81 papers were selected for the literature review. An Overview of Selected Papers A brief analysis was made of the 81 selected papers. Figure 1 shows that the number of relevant papers published between 1990 and 2012 increased substantially, indicating an increasing research interest in sustainability and urban renewal. Table 1 shows the distribution of the 81 papers in the different journals