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The New Town Movement in Europe

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ID9765317
AuthorsPierre Merlin (corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume451
Issue1
Pages76-85
Publication date1980-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271628045100108
OpenAlexW2103917117
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The new town movement, originated in Britain in the ideas of Howard, was active in successfully implementing two new towns on a cooperative basis, Letchworth and Welwyn. These ideas became important on the Continent when the new town movement continued on a wider scale, mostly with government initiative. A remarkable exception to this is Tapiola, Finland, built by a nonprofit organization

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Citations per year0.23
Citation span1983 - 2026 (44)
Highly citedNo

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