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Model cities

Scope note

Urban areas or communities within them whose design incorporates innovative attempts at solving specific social and physical problems; often applied to the redesign of existing settlements in the 19th and 20th centuries. For 19th-century cities built with prescribed forms to fulfill specific military or economic ideals, use "ideal cities."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30008492

Term used for

cities, model

Equivalent Terms used

model city

Created

13yrs ago

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