Description

The British garden city movement in the early 20th century was an influential urban planning method that won many followers in many countries. Ebenezer Howard’s concept proved to be right not only in theory but also in practice on a strict financial basis. This served as an example, and among the housing schemes it inspired there was one on a national scale in Hungary, which led to the construction of the first state garden city. Knowing the antecedents makes it possible to appreciate this approach, which was revolutionary at the time, together with its parallel development with industry, culture and society, and to show the complexity of this theory tested in practice in modern urban planning.

Today urban planning and urban developments demand that the methods applied in garden cities be rediscovered and adapted to meet current challenges. Making a healthy environment able to accommodate the earth’s ever expanding population is an increasingly serious problem for the whole world. This is why a knowledge of garden city planning in its entirety is vital in our globalised world. Through its example and by adjusting methods to present-day opportunities, community-spirited people living in healthy surroundings can shape the future of the world.

Paperback: 103 pages
Published by: The Welwyn Garden City Heritage Trust, 2013
ISBN: 978- 0-9927636-0-2
Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 21 x 0.7 cm