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Uw zoekacties: International New Towns Association

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
0017 International New Towns Association
History
Development
The beginning period of INTA was characterized by serious financial problems. As a result, hardly any activities could be undertaken in the period from 1978 to 1980. * 
After Lester Gross’s arrival in office in 1979, a man who came from the property world, *  the focus shifted in line with the spirit of the times from the centralist, governmentconcentrated
new towns concept towards a much broader, market-oriented approach to urban development. Besides governments, market parties, in particular developers, entered the picture as project partners. This change of course received broad support, according to a survey held among members in 1983. New towns were generally considered outdated. The members also urged a change of course in the direction of the regeneration of towns and cities. In addition, more attention for the Third World was urged, where new towns were, in fact, still being built. * 
In 1984, the Executive Committee even proposed a name change from INTA to International Urban Development Association. The proposal was rejected by the General Assembly because INTA’s name was so well-known. *  However, INTA’s sphere of activity was extended in the statutes to include ‘all bodies and persons responsible for, or otherwise involved or interested in the planning, construction, development, administration or financing of large-scale urban development (such as new towns, inner city regeneration and other comprehensive projects)’. * 
INTA turned its focus more outwards and developed an increasing number of activities, also for non-members. Round 1990, INTA organized an average of 27 events each year (congresses, seminars, study trips) with a total of 600 participants on average. However, president Hendrik Lisaeth identified new problems: The urban related market is today saturated; there is a meeting on urban development issues nearly every day of the year and the best professionals are flooded with calls to participate in many of them. How do they discriminate between the good products and the bad ones? How to take, maintain and increase the market share of INTA? * 
There were even partly futile attempts to interest the property market in INTA, but in the end the conclusion was drawn that INTA did not belong in the world of hard commerce. *  The extension of the sphere of attention did bring INTA into the territory of the IFHP, an organization with which there had already been collaboration. However, an attempt to merge in 1991 did not succeed. * 
Due to the outlined expansion of activities, the specific new town issues faded into the background. This led in 2002 to the ENTP (European New Towns Platform) splitting off; this organization concentrated specifically on the issues relating to urban regeneration of the European new towns. *  In 2007, INTI (International New Towns Institute) was established; this organization’s aim is to study the phenomenon of the new town in broad terms.
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
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