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From Garden City to Smart Growth: The Evolution and Management of New Urbanism

Year: 2012

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Under the influence of industrialization and rapid population growth after World War II, urban sprawl, central cities' recession and metropolis diseases have become three tumors that restricted urban sustainable development in western countries, so the new urbanism has arisen.From garden city to smart growth, new urbanism thoughts have experienced long-term evolution.Diversification, compactness, public transportation and social integration advocated by new urbanism have been supported by the majority of people.The paper illustrates, in detail, the evolution and management of new urbanism.

Source: International Conference on Public Management (ICPM)

DOI: 10.2991/icpm.2012.32

Authors: Chen Youzhen, Duan Longlong

Institution: Southwest Jiaotong University

Language: English

Topic: Urban Planning and Governance

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Southwest Jiaotong University, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities