{"id":101,"date":"2024-10-09T00:08:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T04:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/new-towns\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:27:25","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/new-towns\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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2026 Five New Towns Presentations by Prof. Peiser<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Korean Educational Broadcast System \u2013 Great Minds Series<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A five-part lecture series led by Professor Richard Peiser for Great Minds<\/em>, a program by the Korean Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), explores the history, planning, governance, and future of new towns around the world. The series examines the modern origins of new towns through Ebenezer Howard, early British and American new towns, three generations of new towns in England, planning and design approaches, common economic challenges, governance structures, and key lessons from the past century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special segments on new towns in Shanghai and Seoul are presented by former GSD doctoral alumni, now professors: ChengHe Guan of NYU Shanghai and Kyung-min Kim of Seoul National University. The lecture series features case studies and perspectives from Great Britain, the Netherlands, the United States, China, South Korea, and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episode 1<\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>Origins and Definition of New Towns.
Episode 2<\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>Basic Principles of New Town Design.
Episode 3<\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>Why Do New Towns Go Bankrupt?
Episode 4<\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>Design, Planning, and Governance.
Episode 5<\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>Best Practices, Global Examples, and Promise for Tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2020 Book Update<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

June 18, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professors Peiser and Forsyth continue to lead the research on new community planning, with a specific emphasis on how they can preserve and create social ties. Further research seeks to establish the feasibility and potential benefits of new towns for communities impacted by environmental change, particularly sea level rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Towns initiative team is excited to announce the pre-release of New Towns for the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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International New Towns Workshops 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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A major product of the New Towns Initiative at Harvard University is a book on the past and future of new towns. As part of the work to create that book the initiative held an international workshop in September, 2016. While much for the program involved working sessions for the authors there was also a public panel described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6:30-8:00 – <\/strong>Public Panel<\/a>, Thursday, September 22, 2016, Piper Auditorium, Harvard Graduate School of Design<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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