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The Villages, Florida: Small‐town Metropolitanism and the ‘Middle of Nowhere’
Author(s) -
Simpson Deane
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2072
Subject(s) - landscaping , urbanism , architecture , the arts , geography , landscape architecture , economic history , history , economic growth , sociology , socioeconomics , archaeology , engineering , political science , civil engineering , ecology , law , economics , biology
With over 110,000 inhabitants , The Villages is the world's largest retirement community. Its numerous distinct ‘villages’, surrounded by artificial landscaping and golf courses and served by three ‘downtowns’, cater to those who crave the idealised rural life of times gone by while also offering the convenience and stimulation of the modern metropolis. Deane Simpson , leader of the Master's programme in Urbanism and Societal Change at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, investigates.