St. Charles Communities, United States, North America
Year 1970 latitude: 38° 36' longitude: -76° 54' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Interstate Land Development Company Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 37,000 (2008) Target population 75,000 Town website http://www.stcharlesmd.com Town related links Literature - * Hugh Mields, 'Federally Assisted New Communities. New Dimensions in Urban Development', Washington 1973 type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
St. Charles Communities, Maryland. Guaranteed by HUD under Title IV. Satellite at 25 mi. of Washington. 15 neighbourhoods, 5 villages of ca. 15000, linked by pedestrian paths. Schools in the center of the villages. Modular school construction to handle changes in enrollment. source:
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