New towns : antiquity to the present / Ervin Y. Galantay

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : George Braziller, c1975Description: ix, 180 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 807607665
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT 166 .G35 1975
Contents:
General editor's preface -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. New capitals -- 3. Colonial towns -- 4. Industrial towns -- 5. Decongestion -- 6. Conclusions.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC HT 166 .G35 1975 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000017196

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.

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.

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