Riverton, United States, North America
Year 1973 latitude: 43° 2' longitude: -77° 42' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Riverton Properties, Inc. Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants Target population 25,000 Town website http://rivertoncommunity.com Town related links Literature - * Hugh Mields, 'Federally Assisted New Communities. New Dimensions in Urban Development', Washington 1973 type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Riverton, New York. Title VII New Community, 10 mi. from Rochester. Riverton has no town/neighbourhood concept, instead it has a non-hierarchial relationship, according to its size. There are allthough 5 smaller centers dispersed throughout the development. source:
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