Scottish new towns programme

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The Scottish new towns programme was a post-World War II urban planning initiative that created planned communities across Scotland to alleviate housing shortages, decentralize population, and stimulate regional economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf post-war reconstruction initiative
urban planning programme
administeredBy Secretary of State for Scotland
aimedAt relieving pressure on Edinburgh
relieving pressure on Glasgow
relieving pressure on the Scottish Central Belt
appliesTo central Scotland
surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

West Central Scotland
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland Office
surface form: Scottish Office
country Scotland
endTime late 20th century
focusesOn new industrial estates
planned communities
transport infrastructure
zoned land use
followedBy urban regeneration policies in Scotland
follows interwar garden city movement
hasEffect creation of new housing stock
development of regional service centres
growth of manufacturing employment in new towns
redistribution of population
hasImpactOn Scottish housing policy
Scottish urban form
hasPlannedCommunity Cumbernauld
East Kilbride
Glenrothes
Irvine
Livingston
hasPurpose alleviation of housing shortages
decentralization of population
industrial diversification
regional economic development
slum clearance
implementedBy Scottish new towns programme self-linksurface differs
surface form: Scottish new town development corporations
inspiredBy garden city principles
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis New Towns Act 1946
surface form: New Towns (Scotland) Act 1946

New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968
New Towns Act 1946
locatedIn Scotland
partOf British New Towns movement
surface form: United Kingdom new towns movement
planningModel comprehensive master planning
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
sector economic development
housing
regional planning
startTime 1940s
targetPopulation overspill population from congested cities
timePeriod post-World War II

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Scottish new towns programme implementedBy Scottish new towns programme self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Scottish new town development corporations
Glenrothes Development Corporation partOf Scottish new towns programme