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Exploring quality of life in new towns: an overview

In: Handbook of Quality of Life Research

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  • Robert W. Marans
  • Noah J. Webster

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There has been a surge in new town development during the early part of the twenty-first century, and this trend is likely to increase as growth pressures on large cities intensify. This chapter provides an overview of literature covering quality of life (QOL) in new towns and other planned residential environments. Additionally, a program of new town research is outlined that urbanists and social researchers might embark on in the years ahead, taking into account a world impacted by climate change, global pandemics and war. As with past new town research, there are opportunities to learn from new studies offering lessons for other forms of housing and community development. The chapter concludes with a discussion and presentation of key findings from a new research program on new town development in China, which began with a pilot study aimed at understanding the role of new urban developments including new towns in the QOL experience of Chinese citizens.

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  • Robert W. Marans & Noah J. Webster, 2024. "Exploring quality of life in new towns: an overview," Chapters, in: Robert W. Marans & Robert J. Stimson & Noah J. Webster (ed.), Handbook of Quality of Life Research, chapter 13, pages 199-213, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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