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Hours to complete 2.00
No of pages 10
Published February 2009
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Regeneration
Author Ian Bremner
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Price GBP 10.00

New Urbanism

Purpose

New Urbanism has emerged as a description that can be applied to post-modern urban development. It is applied in both the USA and the UK. This module attempts to explain what it means and its provenance.

Benefits

Improving our understanding of contemporary urban development, especially new urbanism, and the factors that influence its design and location assist in attaining a better appreciation of the evolution and growth of our towns and cities and, hopefully, lead to better planned outcomes

Audience

Learning method

Urban designers, urban and regional planners and all those who wish to build their knowledge of the topic.

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