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**11** 

*Spain* 

Raquel Insa-Ciriza

**Two Ways of New Towns** 

*Research Group of Governments and Markets-IREA,* 

*University of Barcelona (GIM-IREA)* 

**Development: A Tale of Two Cities** 

New Towns, or Planned Communities, are cities in which all aspects of development are determined before construction begins. Eichler and Kaplan (1967) and Griffin (1974) have defined "new community" as a large development, generally over 1000 hectares (2500 acres) that has a comprehensive and mixed-use design conforming to a single master plan and a socially diverse population. The most self-contained are also called "new towns". The related term, refers to a community that seeks to produce a range of valuable social, environmental, and economic benefits than more conventional, less comprehensively planned developments are likely to achieve. Such communities have been proposed as creative alternatives to conventional developments for many years and in many countries. New Towns are generally thought of as being of two types: 'independent', if they contain employment for their own residents and 'satellite1' if a substantial number of residents

Development of New Towns is expensive, particularly the provision of their infrastructure. Despite a high level of subsidy from central government and often regional authorities as well, the new towns remain heavily in debt, a problem exacerbated by the currently much

The slow pace at which land is being acquired and premises are being occupied increases the burden of repaying the loans contracted to finance development. Additional financial difficulties have arisen over the running of the new towns' services, due to the present

Similarly, certain of the amenities originally provided were designed in the expectation of much larger populations and reflected the government's expressed wish to create new communities, which were fully equipped from the outset, a policy that implicitly recognised that there might be initial operational difficulties. Thus, while the services may be desirable,

1 Some authors use the term satellite for new towns that are self-contained but whose residents use

**1. Introduction** 

commute to another metropolis.

reduced rates of demographic and economic growth.

they represent a particular problem to finance.

some of the facilities of nearby cities.

relatively small local tax income, which is available to support them.
