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Find examples (good and bad) of plans and projects that are being or have been built.

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Resources in This Category

• Arcosanti

  http://www.arcosanti.org/
  An experimental town in the desert of Arizona, built to embody Paolo Soleri's concept of arcology - the fusion of architecture with ecology. Theory, workshops, events, images, visitor information.

• Auroville Center for Urban Research

  http://www.auroville.info/ACUR/
  Presents workshops, studies, and investigations with practical implementations at the emerging city of Auroville, India.

• Baycity Revival Redevelopment Plan

  http://www.hamiltonwaterfront.8m.com/
  A redevelopment proposal for the waterfront of the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

• Chandigarh

  http://chandigarh.nic.in/
  Information about the planned city in India designed by Le Corbusier.

• Disney's Celebration

  http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/celebration.html
  Essays, links, and photos about the Florida planned community developed by the Walt Disney Corporation.

• Kakigawa - Pools of Meaning

  http://culturebase.org/home/struppek/Kaki_Home.html
  A project by Mirjam Struppek and Arika Adachi based on an entry in the competition "Semiotic Fields and Attractors: the rediscovery of the Kaki River in Nagaoka, Japan."

• Letchworthgc.com

  http://www.letchworthgc.com/
  Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation provides news and information about the world's first garden city. Includes a history of its development and guide.

• Limiting Urban Futures

  http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/few.futures.html
  An attack on the future-scenario style of urban planning. In urban futures scenarios, the range of "acceptable" future cities is made visible. The Amsterdam (Netherlands) study TVA is used as an example of how such studies limit urban futures.

• Pullman Historic District

  http://www.pullmanil.org/
  Former industrial town now a neighborhood of Chicago. Events and program calendars, location map, and foundation activities.

• Radburn

  http://www.radburn.org/
  New town in Fairlawn, New Jersey designed in 1929.

• Seaside Florida

  http://www.seasidefl.com/
  New urbanist coastal beach town. Accommodations, entertainment, restaurants, street map, and education.

• The Irvine Company

  http://www.goodplanning.org/
  Master plan, guiding principles, and conservation goals for development of the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, California.

• Urban Development of Wolfsburg

  http://www.wolfsburg-staedtebau.de/index_e.htm
  The City of Wolfsburg in Germany is a typical example of planned urban development. Four different development stages are illustrated.

• Urban Ways

  http://www.urban-ways.co.uk/
  Includes a brief description of a method of providing more vegetation in high-density city centers.

• Village of Ponderosa

  http://www.villageofponderosa.com/
  A mixed-use, pedestrian friendly, new urbanist community in West Des Moines, Iowa. Information on location and plans.

• Wikipedia: New town

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_town
  History and profiles of planned cities in publicly editable encyclopedia.

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