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0017 International New Towns Association

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History
Formation
Born in the UK
Villes Nouvelles * 
The USA: Real Estate and the Free Market
Conflict of Interests
Founding
Development
Organisation
The organization was and is simple: INTA takes pride in its compact, non-bureaucratic structure. *  There is a General Assembly of all paying members. This meets at the annual congress and determines the general policy.
The Governing Board, composed of representatives of the various countries and chosen by the General Assembly, is the most important general administrative body. Every two years, it chooses a president *  and an Executive Committee, consisting of 15 members. In addition, there is a General Secretariat led by a General Secretary with executive tasks.
There are several different categories of members: ‘national members’ (1991: 3.5 per cent), ‘corporate members’ (1991: 63.3 per cent) and ‘individual members’ (1991: 33.2 per cent). *  The members come principally from the public sector (1991: 61.6 per cent), but the private sector is also relatively well-represented (1991: 13.9 per cent). In 1991, the proportion of designers was 11.9 per cent, but academics formed at that time only 3.8 per cent of all members. * 
Information about member numbers is difficult to retrieve. At an election in 1994, there were seven national members (Egypt, Israel, the Netherlands, Turkey, France, Taiwan and the UK) registered, 95 institutional, 50 individual and 14 honorary members; in total 740 voting members from 35 countries. *  An acquisition letter from 1999 refers to 1000 members in 47 countries.
Activities
Annual Congresses
Advisory Panels
Other Activities
Archive
Origins, Size and State
0017 International New Towns Association
Archive
Origins, Size and State
The INTA archive was handed over to the INTI on 3 July 2007 by M. Sudarskis, General Secretary of INTA. It covers the period from its formation up until approximately early 2000. The archive was cleaned up before it was transferred; the selection criteria are not known. The archive consists of approximately 20 m of archives and 24 m of documentation, including around 300 books. When it arrived, it was packed in 78 removal boxes (with loose material and archive boxes) and 100 loose archive boxes.
The archive is fragmentary and documents principally the activities of INTA, especially the congresses. The formation period is summarily documented. Hardly anything has been preserved about the regular activities; office administration is virtually non-existent. The original arrangement, on the basis of consistent administration, is mostly missing. However, there is some evidence of a filing system, especially for the material related to the organized activities. These were apparently administered and archived because of their organizational complexity, even if this did not take place entirely consistently.
The files are often rather unbalanced in their composition. In some cases, whole packages with organizational items have been preserved, but in others there are only a few letters.
The congress presentations are often still present.The large amount of documentation was geographically organized, globally speaking, as written later on the removal boxes. It consists of about 400 books, a large amount of grey literature and brochures.
Treatment
Consulted Literature
F. Schaffer, The New Town Story, London, 1970
J. Roullier et al., Vingt-cinq ans de villes nouvelles en France, Paris, 1989
M. Provoost, ‘New Towns on the Cold War Frontier’, http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2006-06-28-provoost-en.html.

Kenmerken

Datering:
1976-2004
Omvang in m.:
18,5
Auteur toegang:
Beaten, J.-P.
Auteur:
Beaten, J.-P.
Openbaarheid:
Openbaar