TY  - BOOK
AU  - Osborn, Frederic J.
AU  - Whittick, Arnold
AU  - Mumford, Lewis
TI  - New towns: their origins, achievements, and progress 
SN  - 249441403
AV  - HT 169 .O83 1977  
PY  - 1977///
CY  - London, United Kingdom
PB  - Leonard Hill
KW  - New towns--Great Britain
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index.; Author's note -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction by Lewis Mumford --  PART 1. New owns in modern times -- 2. The functions and failings of towns -- 3. The experimental new towns -- 4. Town growth and governmental intervention -- 5. Evolution of new towns policy -- 6. Legislation for new towns -- 7. The finance of new towns -- 8. The town and country pattern -- 9. Antagonisms to new towns -- 10. New towns in regional plans -- 11. Achievement, challenge and prognostic -- 12. International influence of the new towns movement-- 13. The human environment: the people's awakening --   PART 2: 14. Stevenage -- 15. Crawley -- 16. Hemel Hemstead -- 17. Harlown-- 18. Welwyn garden city -- 19. Hatfield -- 20. Basildon -- 21. Bracknell -- 22. Introductory- three later 'south-east region' towns -- 23. Milton Keynes -- 24. Peterborough -- 25. Northampton --  (New towns in the North-East): 26. Newton Aycliffe -- 27. Peterlee -- 28. Washington --   (New towns in the Noth-West): 29. Skelmersdale -- 30. Runcorn -- 31. Warrington -- 32. Central Lancashire -- (New towns in Midlands): 33. Corby -- 34. Telford -- 35. Redditch -- (New towns in Wales): 36. Cwmbran -- 37. Newtown and mid-wales --  (New towns in Scotland): 38. East Kilbride -- 39. Glenrothes -- 40. Cumbernauld -- 41. Livingston -- 42. Irvine -- 43. Changes in planning new towns --  Appendices -- Index.
N2  - This book is concerned primarily with the foundation and development of British new towns inspired by the Garden City idea originated at the end of the 19th century. Since the Second World War many new towns, influenced by the British lead, have been founded in other countries. The purpose of this book is to give a broad account of the new towns of Great Britain, of the circumstances and lines of thought from which they arose, and an evaluation of their significance for the future of urban development. Short descriptions follow of the twenty-eight designated under the New Towns Acts up to 1977, with a selection of plans and photographs sufficient to indicate their form and character
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