LEADER 03723oam 22006134a 450 001 9910524853403321 005 20240216152342.0 010 $a1-4214-3184-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460926 035 $a(OCoLC)1127553446 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78150 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88869 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460926 100 $a20190830h20191978 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe French New Towns$fJames M. Rubenstein 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 165 pages :)$cmaps, figures) 225 0 $aJohns Hopkins studies in urban affairs 300 $aOpen access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. 300 $aThe text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License 300 $aOriginally published as Johns Hopkins Press copyright 1978 311 $a1-4214-3185-8 311 $a1-4214-3186-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aAt the time this book was published, new towns were cropping up as a matter of public policy in "advanced industrial countries," yet the United States abandoned this project and deemed new towns "inappropriate and impractical for the American situation." The purpose of this book is to inform planners and policy makers around the world about French new towns. It analyzes what French new towns tried to accomplish; the administrative, financial, and political reforms needed to secure implementation of the program; and the achievements of the new towns. The author's evaluation of French new towns is undertaken with an eye to international applicability. Chapter 1 examines the reasons for adopting a policy of new towns in France. Chapter 2 concerns the administrative structure by which new towns are built in France. Chapter 3 concentrates on major economic associations with new towns. Chapter 4 discusses the role of the private sector in the development of new towns. Chapter 5 examines the major accomplishment of the French new towns: the achievement of socially balanced communities. In the United States, new towns have been proposed as a means for integrating low-income families into suburbs that are otherwise closed to them. The French experience demonstrates that socially heterogeneous new communities can be developed, even within the framework of a market system, if a sufficiently high priority is placed on the effort. 410 0$aJohns Hopkins studies in urban affairs. 606 $aStadtplanung$2gnd 606 $aNew towns$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01036923 606 $aCity planning$zFrance 606 $aNew towns$zFrance 607 $aFrankreich$2swd 607 $aFrance$2fast 607 $aFrance$2eclas 607 $aFrance 610 $aCity & town planning: architectural aspects 615 7$aStadtplanung 615 7$aNew towns. 615 0$aCity planning 615 0$aNew towns 676 $a301.36/3/0944 676 $a309.2/62/0944 700 $aRubenstein$b James M. $0115689 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524853403321 996 $aThe French New Towns$92720950 997 $aUNINA