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assisted projects. Joint State-Federal control is advocated. A model incorpora- 
tion and local government act is offered. 
National Commission on Urban Problems. Building The American City. Report 
of the National Commission on Urban Problems to the Congress and to the 
President of the United States. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1968. 504 p. 
(House Document no. 91-34, 91st Congress, Ist session). 
The final report of the Douglas Commission contains a brief summary of the 
New Communities Act of 1968, its purposes and objectives on p. 178-179. 
National Governor’s Conference. ‘‘New Towns for America?” In The States and 
Urban Problems. A staff study for the Committee on State-Urban Relations. 
1967. p. 738-80. 
A survey of several proposals, public and private, calling for new town de- 
velopment. The New Jersey Municipal Planned Unit Development Act is 
seen as a potential stimulant for new towns. 
‘‘New Towns vs. Trends: Comparative Costs.’’ American Institute of Planners 
Newsletter, August 1968. p. 11. 
Report on three models developed by the Howard County Planning Depart- 
ment for projecting savings on new communities. 
Norcross, Carl. Open Space Communities In The Market Place. . . A Survey 
of Public Acceptance. Washington, Urban Land Institute, 1966. 97 p. (Tech- 
nical Bulletin No. 57.) 
A study of 28 outstanding open space projects featuring cluster development 
principles, ranging from a few to several thousand acres. 
Noren, Craig. New Towns of the United States. National Association of Home 
Builders, unpublished study. 25 p. 
A very good history and description of American new towns, exploring the 
role of the developer, planning problems, housing, open space, and many other 
aspects of new towns. Also includes the arguments for and against and prospects 
for the future. 
Pennsylvania, University of. Institute for Urban Studies. Accelerated Urban 
Growth in a Metropolitan Area; A study of Urbanization, Suburbanization and 
the Impact of the Fairless Steel Plant in Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania 
(Critical Defense Housing Area). With the cooperation of the Bureau of Urban 
Research, Princeton University. Philadelphia, 1954. 2 vols. 
Studies of Fairless Hills and Levittown, Pennsylvania. 
O’Harrow, Dennis. ‘‘New Towns or New Sprawl?” American Society of Planning 
Officials. Newsletter. October 1964. p. 105-106. 
An editorial on the failure of current large-scale developments to become 
new towns, and the need for balance of uses and size limitation. 
pie Harvey 8. ‘‘Modernizing Urban Development.’’ Daedalus. Summer 1967. 
p. 789-800. 
The creation of non-profit community development corporations could enlist 
private enterprise to build new towns, with superior features and low-cost 
housing making them desirable for both black and white. 
Perloff, Harvey S. “New Towns Intown.” American Institute of Planners. Journal. 
May 1966. p. 155-161. (Reprinted by Resources for the Future, Inc. Wash- 
ington, D.C., June 1966). 
A proposal for the new town-in town as a means to transform the physical 
environment of the city in order to meet social objectives and human resources 
needs within the existing urban area. 
Peterson, David Lee. The Planned Community and the New Investors: Economic 
and Political Factors in Corporate Real Estate Investment. Berkeley, Center for 
Real Estate and Urban Economies, Institute of Urban and Regional Develop- 
ment, University of California, 1967. 73 p. 
An analysis of the trend toward large-scale planning with respect to the 
financial position of the developer, the effect of corporate adventures into 
community development, and the regulatory response from government. 
Pickard, Jerome P. Dimensions of Metropolitanism (Research Monographs 14 
and 14A). Washington, D.C., Urban Land Institute, 1967. p. 91, 95. 
The growth of urbanized areas in the United States both in terms of popula- 
tion and land area from 1920 to 1960 is described in individual statistical 
detail and projections are made for 1980 and 2000. 
Pratter, Jerome. ‘‘Legal Implementation of a Satellite City: The Planned Dis- 
position of Public Land.” Urban Law Annual. The School of Law, Washington 
University, 1969. p. 1-23. 
An examination of public land planning policy with respect to a surplus 
penal farm in Shelby County, Tennessee, proposed for private development 
