The French New Towns James M. Rubenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubenstein, James M., author.

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in urban affairs.

Johns Hopkins studies in urban affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New towns.

City planning--France.

City planning.

New towns--France.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 165 pages :) maps, figures)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8018-2104-5

1-4214-3184-X

OCLC:

1127553446