Towards Sustainable New Towns? Interconnected Experiences Spanning the North and South Mediterranean by Edited by Pascaline Gaborit - 2013

PIE - Peter Lang, 2013. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Gaborit, who has worked with European local authorities, brings together specialists in landscape architecture, urban planning, geography, political science, and sociology from Europe, the US, and Egypt for seven chapters that outline the work of the New Medina project, a European project funded by the European Union's CIUDAD (Cooperation in Urban Development and Dialogue) program to enable reflection on the pioneering experiences of new cities, identifying good practices and mistakes related to environmental principles, image, identity, the creation of social living spaces, urban density, accessibility, development, and bringing populations together, as well as building interregional partnerships and cooperation spaces to help cities that struggle or are facing environmental, reputation, social cohesion, and aging infrastructure problems. The chapters discuss issues in new towns, such as land management, housing, institutions, and governance; new town projects in Algeria, the US, Asia, and Europe; and sustainability issues in the desert, Morocco and Egypt, and the Southern Mediterranean. (2013 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)