The French New Towns

by James M. Rubenstein

Overview

Originally published in 1978. 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.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421431857
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	12/01/2019
Series:	Johns Hopkins Studies in Urban Affairs
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	194
File size:	19 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James M. Rubenstein is a professor of geography at Miami University in Ohio. He specializes in American geography and the US automotive industry. Among his other publications is Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the US Automotive Industry, published with Johns Hopkins University Press.

James M. Rubenstein is a professor of Geography at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His previous publications include The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography, An Introduction to Geography: People Places and Environment, and The Changing U.S. Auto Industry: A Geographical Analysis.

Table of Contents

Terms and Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The New Towns Idea
Chapter 2. The Administrative Structure
Chapter 3. Economics of the French New Towns
Chapter 4. The Role of the Private Sector
Chapter 5. Achievement of Social Goals
Conclusion
Index