New Towns for the Twenty-First Century : a Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide /

New Towns for the Twenty-First Century considers the ideals behind new-town development, the practice of building them, and their outcomes. Case studies provide histories of new towns in the United States, Asia, Africa, and Europe and impart lessons learned from practitioners.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Peiser, Richard B. (Editor ), Forsyth, Ann, 1963- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:City in the twenty-first century book series.
Temas:
Planned communities.
Collectivités nouvelles.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • New Towns for the Twenty-First Century
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • 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?
  • 18 Organizing and Managing New Towns
  • 19 Reflections from International Practice
  • Paul Buckhurst (Perkins Eastman Architects, New York)
  • Tony Green (The Pinehills)
  • Todd Mansfield (Crescent Communities)
  • Pike Oliver
  • Jamie von Klemperer, Gene Kohn, and Elie Gamburg (Kohn Pedersen Fox)
  • 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
  • List of Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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