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Author Rubenstein, James M., author

Title The French New Towns / James M. Rubenstein
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 165 pages) : maps, figures
Series Johns Hopkins studies in urban affairs
Johns Hopkins studies in urban affai
Contents Introduction -- The New Towns Idea -- The Administrative Structure -- Economics of the French New Towns -- The Role of the Private Sector -- Achievement of Social Goals -- Conclusion -- Index
Summary At the time this book was published, new towns were cropping up as a matter of public policy in "advanced industrial countries," yet the United States abandoned this project and deemed new towns "inappropriate and impractical for the American situation." The purpose of this book is to inform planners and policy makers around the world about French new towns. It analyzes what French new towns tried to accomplish; the administrative, financial, and political reforms needed to secure implementation of the program; and the achievements of the new towns. The author's evaluation of French new towns is undertaken with an eye to international applicability. Chapter 1 examines the reasons for adopting a policy of new towns in France. Chapter 2 concerns the administrative structure by which new towns are built in France. Chapter 3 concentrates on major economic associations with new towns. Chapter 4 discusses the role of the private sector in the development of new towns. Chapter 5 examines the major accomplishment of the French new towns: the achievement of socially balanced communities. In the United States, new towns have been proposed as a means for integrating low-income families into suburbs that are otherwise closed to them. The French experience demonstrates that socially heterogeneous new communities can be developed, even within the framework of a market system, if a sufficiently high priority is placed on the effort
Notes Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program
The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press copyright 1978
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject City planning -- France
New towns -- France
Villes nouvelles.
UE/CE Etats membres.
City planning
New towns
Stadtplanung
Stadsplanning.
SUBJECT France. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404
Subject France.
France
Frankreich
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421431864
1421431866