New Towns for the Twenty-First Century
Title | New Towns for the Twenty-First Century PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Peiser |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 528 |
Release | 2021-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0812251911 |
New towns—large, comprehensively planned developments on newly urbanized land—boast a mix of spaces that, in their ideal form, provide opportunities for all of the activities of daily life. From garden cities to science cities, new capitals to large military facilities, hundreds were built in the twentieth century and their approaches to planning and development were influential far beyond the new towns themselves. Although new towns are notoriously difficult to execute and their popularity has waxed and waned, major new town initiatives are increasing around the globe, notably in East Asia, South Asia, and Africa. New Towns for the Twenty-First Century considers the ideals behind new-town development, the practice of building them, and their outcomes. A roster of international and interdisciplinary contributors examines their design, planning, finances, management, governance, quality of life, and sustainability. Case studies provide histories of new towns in the United States, Asia, Africa, and Europe and impart lessons learned from practitioners. The volume identifies opportunities afforded by new towns for confronting future challenges related to climate change, urban population growth, affordable housing, economic development, and quality of life. Featuring inventories of classic new towns, twentieth-century new towns with populations over 30,000, and twenty-first-century new towns, the volume is a valuable resource for governments, policy makers, and real estate developers as well as planners, designers, and educators. Contributors: Sandy Apgar, Sai Balakrishnan, JaapJan Berg, Paul Buckhurst, Felipe Correa, Carl Duke, Reid Ewing, Ann Forsyth, Robert Freestone, Shikyo Fu, Pascaline Gaborit, Elie Gamburg, Alexander Garvin, David R. Godschalk, Tony Green, ChengHe Guan, Rachel Keeton, Steven Kellenberg, Kyung-Min Kim, Gene Kohn, Todd Mansfield, Robert W. Marans, Robert Nelson, Pike Oliver, Richard Peiser, Michelle Provoost, Peter G. Rowe, Jongpil Ryu, Andrew Stokols, Adam Tanaka, Jamie von Klemperer, Fulong Wu, Ying Xu, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Chaobin Zhou.
Practicing Utopia
Title | Practicing Utopia PDF eBook |
Author | Rosemary Wakeman |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 2016-04 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 022634603X |
Rosemary Wakeman provides a sweeping history of "new towns"--those created by fiat rather than out of geographic or economic logic and often intended to break with the tendencies of past development. Heralded throughout the twentieth century as solutions to congestion, environmental threats, architectural malaise, and cultural anomie, today they are often seen as sad, pernicious, or merely suburban. Wakeman shows that hundreds of such towns sprang from templates and designs not only in North America and across Europe but around the world, revealing how different cultures dreamed of (re)organizing themselves. Wakeman also illuminates the missteps and unanticipated results of the initial optimistic choices and impulses.
New Towns
Title | New Towns PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Merlin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Planning New Towns
Title | Planning New Towns PDF eBook |
Author | U.S./U.S.S.R. New Towns Working Group |
Publisher | Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of International Affairs |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Government publications |
ISBN |
New-town Planning
Title | New-town Planning PDF eBook |
Author | Gideon Golany |
Publisher | New York ; Toronto : Wiley |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
The Politics of New Town Planning
Title | The Politics of New Town Planning PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick R. Steiner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
New Towns Planning and Development
Title | New Towns Planning and Development PDF eBook |
Author | Gideon Golany |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |