New Towns for the Twenty-First Century : : A Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide / / ed. by Ann Forsyth, Richard Peiser.

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 tw...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:The City in the Twenty-First Century
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Physical Description:1 online resource (600 p.) :; 132 illus.
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Part I Overview of New Towns in the Twentieth and Twenty- First Centuries --
Introduction --
1 A Brief History of New Towns --
2 The Promises and Pitfalls of New Towns --
3 Quality of Life in New Towns: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Know? --
Part II New Towns Around the World --
United States --
4 New Towns in the United States --
5 Development Lessons from Today’s Most Successful New Towns and Master- Planned Communities --
6 New Towns as Laboratories for Local Governance --
Asia --
7 New Towns in East and Southeast Asia --
8 A Governance Perspective on New Towns in China --
9 New Towns in China: The Liangzhu Story --
10 Successes and Failures of New Towns in Hong Kong --
11 Right Place, Right Time: The Rise of Bundang --
12 New Towns in India --
Elsewhere --
13 European New Towns: The End of a Model? From Pilot to Sustainable Territories --
14 Governing an Adolescent Society: The Case of Almere --
15 Ex Novo Towns in South America: A Genealogy --
16 New Towns in Africa --
Part III Lessons on How to Build New Towns --
17 Why Is It So Difficult to Develop Financially Successful New Towns? New Town Finance: Problems and Solutions --
18 Organizing and Managing New Towns --
19 Reflections from International Practice --
Part IV New Town Futures --
20 The Twenty- First- Century New Town: Site Planning and Design --
21 Environmental Concerns and New Towns: Four Paths --
22 Regional New Town Development: Strategic Adaptation to Climate Change --
23 New Towns in a New Era --
Appendix 1 Location Maps for New Towns and Planned Communities --
Appendix 2 New Towns Inventory --
References --
Contributors --
Index --
Acknowledgments
Summary: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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780812297317
9783110754001
9783110753776
9783110754179
9783110753943
9783110739213
DOI:10.9783/9780812297317?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Ann Forsyth, Richard Peiser.