The study evaluated the effectiveness of Urban Renewal Strategies adopted for urban development in Enugu Metropolis. Specific objectivesincludedascertainingtheeffectiveness of the strategies adopted and analysing the negative and positive impacts on the people and environment. The survey research design was adopted for the study as it enabled the efficient collection and reviewing of data from the respondents. Questionnaire constituted the datacollectioninstrument.Frequencies,percenta ges, means and Goal Achievement Matrix (GAM)were employed in analyzing the study‘s data. Major findings revealed that the urban renewal strategy adopted in coal camp and Agu-Owa (redevelopment and rehabilitation respectively) were more effective than that adopted in Ikirike (redevelopment).From the study, it was also revealed that the impacts of urban renewal in coal camp area included property damage/loss, loss of means of livelihood, household displacement; upgrade in environmental conditions; increased land value; improved infrastructure, roads and buildings; stability in the economy of coal camp and improved job opportunities. The result of the hypothesis test concluded that the impacts of adopted urban renewal strategies were statistically significant in the study area as the p- value (0.0001) was less than the level of significance (0.05) adopted for the study. Major recommendation of the study states that further review of renewed sites like Ikirike, Agu-Owa and Coal camp should be undertaken. This is to ensure that project objectives are realized.