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Definition of new towns in English English dictionary: plural form of new town
new town: A town built to address housing shortages post World War II
new town: A new town is a town that has been planned and built as a single project, including houses, shops, and factories, rather than one that has developed gradually. Basildon New Town. A planned urban community designed for self-sufficiency and providing housing, educational, commercial, and recreational facilities for its residents. one of several complete towns built in Britain since 1946. Form of urban planning designed to relocate populations away from large cities by grouping homes, hospitals, industry and cultural, recreational, and shopping centers to form entirely new, relatively autonomous communities. The new-town movement was anticipated by the Utopian Ebenezer Howard in the early 20th century (see garden city). The first official new towns were proposed in Britain's New Towns Act of 1946. The idea found favor in other countries, especially in the U.S., Western Europe, and Soviet Siberia. New towns outside Britain often failed to incorporate enough of the mixed-use atmosphere that gives a town vitality. A dramatic increase in commuting and use of the car obviated the need for new towns to be so self-contained
new town: a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation