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In the west, the design of new towns has always been based on an ideal model in accordance with the ideas of that moment. In the case of the latest generation of new towns in Asia, however, only quantitative and marketing principles seem to play a role: the number of square metres, dwellings or people, or the greenest, most beautiful or most technologically advanced town. "Rising in the east" shows which design principles these premises are based on

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I Overview of New Towns in the Twentieth and Twenty- First Centuries -- Introduction -- 1 A Brief History of New Towns -- 2 The Promises and Pitfalls of New Towns -- 3 Quality of Life in New Towns: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Know? -- Part II New Towns Around the World -- United States -- 4 New Towns in the United States -- 5 Development Lessons from Today's Most Successful New Towns and Master- Planned Communities -- 6 New Towns as Laboratories for Local Governance -- Asia -- 7 New Towns in East and Southeast Asia -- 8 A Governance Perspective on New Towns in China -- 9 New Towns in China: The Liangzhu Story -- 10 Successes and Failures of New Towns in Hong Kong -- 11 Right Place, Right Time: The Rise of Bundang -- 12 New Towns in India -- Elsewhere -- 13 European New Towns: The End of a Model? From Pilot to Sustainable Territories -- 14 Governing an Adolescent Society: The Case of Almere -- 15 Ex Novo Towns in South America: A Genealogy -- 16 New Towns in Africa -- Part III Lessons on How to Build New Towns -- 17 Why Is It So Difficult to Develop Financially Successful New Towns? New Town Finance: Problems and Solutions -- 18 Organizing and Managing New Towns -- 19 Reflections from International Practice -- Part IV New Town Futures -- 20 The Twenty- First- Century New Town: Site Planning and Design -- 21 Environmental Concerns and New Towns: Four Paths -- 22 Regional New Town Development: Strategic Adaptation to Climate Change -- 23 New Towns in a New Era -- Appendix 1 Location Maps for New Towns and Planned Communities -- Appendix 2 New Towns Inventory -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments