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New towns - just history, or an idea for today?

By: Contributor(s): Series: Town & Country Planning ; 71(7/8) July/August 2002, 189-191(3)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: Debates whether new towns can accommodate homes which cannot be absorbed by current plans, or should planners concentrate on structured urban extensions. Article takes form of mock-letters between co-authors. Concludes that clusters of homes in variety of settlements is the way forward, as the concept of single places has become outmoded.

Debates whether new towns can accommodate homes which cannot be absorbed by current plans, or should planners concentrate on structured urban extensions. Article takes form of mock-letters between co-authors. Concludes that clusters of homes in variety of settlements is the way forward, as the concept of single places has become outmoded.