new towns
Purpose-built settlements
New towns are planned communities built from scratch, typically by government initiative, to relieve urban overcrowding or stimulate regional development.
The term particularly applies to British postwar developments like Milton Keynes, designed with integrated housing, industry, and green space.
Similar planned settlements exist worldwide, though they go by various names: The new towns around London absorbed population from the bombed-out city center.
Australia's federal seat
Sectioning areas by use
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- land-useHow property gets utilized
- greenbeltsProtected open spaces surrounding cities
density · mixed-use · amenities · pedestrianization · parkland · utilities · drainage · services
One who travels regularly
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- exurbSemirural fringe settlement
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
cookie-cutter · parkway · garage · lawn · driveway
Dwellings or protective covering
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- estateProperty and grounds
- communityCollective of connected people
- dwellingsPlaces of residence
apartments · terraced · semi-detached · detached · high-rise · low-rise · tenants · homeowners
Increase in scope
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- migrationMovement to new territory
- employmentPaid occupation status
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
construction · urbanization · boomtown · industrialization · commerce · demographics · overcrowding · decongestion
Of the star
- energy-efficientUsing minimal power
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
- walkabilityFoot-travel suitability rating
- public-transitShared community transportation systems
Canberra
Australia's federal seat
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- land-useHow property gets utilized
greenbelts · density · mixed-use · amenities · pedestrianization · parkland · utilities · drainage · services · blueprint
commuter
One who travels regularly
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- exurbSemirural fringe settlement
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
cul-de-sac · cookie-cutter · parkway · garage · lawn · driveway
housing
Dwellings or protective covering
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- estateProperty and grounds
- communityCollective of connected people
dwellings · apartments · terraced · semi-detached · detached · high-rise · low-rise · tenants · homeowners · residents
expansion
Increase in scope
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- migrationMovement to new territory
- employmentPaid occupation status
investment · construction · urbanization · boomtown · industrialization · commerce · demographics · overcrowding · decongestion
solar
Of the star
- energy-efficientUsing minimal power
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
- walkabilityFoot-travel suitability rating
public-transit · biodiversity · zero-waste · low-impact · conservation
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, villages
- planned communitiessubdivision, gated community, master-planned community, model villages, garden cities
- Postwar BritainAttlee, NHS, National Health Service, rationing, ration books
- UK Housingcouncil houses, Victorian terrace, council flats, council estates, terraced houses
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- Asian CitiesTokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok
new townsold towns
Preserved original city centers
historic towns · ancient cities · ancient settlements · medieval towns · historic settlements
new, town, renew, downtown, renewal, newly, uptown, towns, renewed