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World War II advanced the techniques of new town planning through the many defense projects and towns, most of them temporary in nature, throughout the nation. Even though temporary in type of construction, town planning principles necessary to good circulation, safety, social amenities, and even aesthetic satisfaction were employed. Much was learned from them.

The first decade of the 20th century saw the beginning of modern city planning. As Professor Frederick J. Adams has pointed out, 1909 is a key year. It was in that year that the first British Housing and Town Planning Act was passed; it was in that year that the Chicago Commercial Club published the great Burnham Plan ; and it was in that year that the first National Conference on City Planning was held in Washington, D.C., at which the participants laid strong emphasis on the need for economic studies in city planning and on the importance of comprehensive and coordinated treatment of city problems.

The 18th century expansion of Edinburgh was one of the first examples in Europe town planning of town planning in the modern manner and many of the streets and squares in the "new town" remain unaltered. Small portions of the town Wall can still be seen, especially of the parts built after the Battle of Flodden (1513).