Man has always lived in communities, but until recent times towns, mike topsy ' just growed'. factors involved in the slow creation of town were various -military, maritime, agricultural, but a new element is now of great importance - sheer growth of population.
This book is a valuable and comprehensive survey of the New towns movement. It surveys the successes and weacknesses, the underlying policies and the role of administration. A chapter is devoted to each of the first 19 New towns, and these examples are assessed in detail.

a Report prepared on behalf of the Standing Conference on London Regional Planning by Professor Abercrombie at the Request of the Minsiter of Town and Country Planning

Ouvrage provenant de la bibliothèque de la SNHBN, reçu en 2014.
n° SNHBN: 436

The catalogue is published parallel to the exhibition MULTIPLE CITY, Urban concepts 1908/2008 at Pinakothek der Moderne München ( 4. December to 1. March 2009)