Ann Forsyth is Professor and Dayton Hudson Chair of Urban Design at the University of Minnesota and the author of Constructing Suburbs: Competing Voices in a Debate over Urban Growth (1999).

"Ann Forsyth significantly enriches the fields of planning and architectural history with her thorough analysis of the social, ecological, and economic successes and shortcomings of these three prominent new communities. She offers valuable insights and wonderfully captures the idealistic spirit of the late 1960s and early 1970s." - Frederick Steiner, author of Human Ecology"

• List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. The New Community Experiment 2. The Irvine Ranch 3. Columbia 4. The Woodlands 5. Organizing the Metropolis 6. Alternatives to Sprawl? 7. New Town Planning and the Paradoxes of Private Innovation Appendix A. Ahwahnee Principles, Charter of the New Urbanism, and EPA Smart Growth Principles Appendix B. Census Data for Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands, 1980--2000 Appendix C. Study Methods Appendix D. Criticisms and Benefits of Suburban Growth with Evaluation of Case Study New Communities Appendix E. Densities of Typical Residential Villages in Irvine and The Woodlands Notes References Index