Coayangxincun, China, Asia
Year latitude: ° 0' longitude: ° 0' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants Target population 80,000 Town website Town related links Literature 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
The first new residential area near Shanghai was not planned under the guidance of Soviet planners. Coayang district, northwest of the citycentre, was laid out for about 80.000 inhabitants according to western neighbourhood concepts woth single and double family two-storied row houses with small front gardens. The street pattern avoided monotony and was designed according to functional principles. source:
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