TY - BOOK AU - Galantay, Ervin Y. TI - New towns: antiquity to the present SN - 807607665 AV - HT 166 .G35 1975 PY - 1975/// CY - New York PB - George Braziller KW - NEW TOWNS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index.; General editor's preface -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. New capitals -- 3. Colonial towns -- 4. Industrial towns -- 5. Decongestion -- 6. Conclusions N2 - This volume attempts to achieve a synthesis by tracing the origins of new town concepts and by applying the performance criteria of modern planning to the analysis of new town building in history. This approach requires reference to certain quantitative indices such as the target population, growth rate, area and density ER -