This model of urban renewal eventually was subject to withering criticism. For example, Jane Jacobs 'classic work The Death and Life of Great American Cities, was an analysis of this phenomenon. Monga for the Monganese
這種都市更新方式，後來遭致龐大批評聲浪，如美國作家珍雅各的經典名著《偉大城市的誕生與衰亡》，便是在剖析此一現象。