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Were New Towns mainly utopias? Will they become pilot innovative cities? More than 30 years after their creation New Towns are facing numerous challenges in terms of social cohesion, urban planning, regeneration, sustainable development and identities. This book aims to identify different paths for adapting to current challenges and to address the fundamental issues of image and identity of territories. It will examine the capacity of current New Towns, in a time of demographic stagnation and economic crisis, to manage their transition to maturity (becoming «Mature Towns»), to be viewed as pilot and habitable cities. In this way it develops an in-depth analysis of New Towns’ development and proposes key elements and approaches of interest for urban planners, researchers and professionals interested in territories’ identities and the development of cities.

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Pascaline Gaborit has been the Director of the European New Towns Platform/Pilot Cities (a network of 32 local authorities) since 2002. In this capacity, she develops the network, organises training courses and works on several European and international projects. Her areas of expertise are urban development, New Towns, social cohesion, sustainable development, culture and lifestyles. She participated as expert in different European and international programs and reports. She completed a Ph.D. in political science and has published several books about conflicts, social and urban issues.

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