Description
Summary: | In this book, Stanley Buder examines the Garden City movement from its origins in mid-nineteenth-century England to its subsequent development and elaboration in twentieth- century America. The Garden City movement emphasized green belts around cities but was not identified exclusively with suburban development. Much of the city planning which formed the basis for the Garden City movement was based upon designing the ideal community. But this sense of idealism was soon lost with the transfer of the movement to America, and indeed it was unable to sustain itself in the communities of its origin in England.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-250) and index. |
ISBN: | 1423737229 9781423737223 0195362888 9780195362886 9780195061741 0195061748 1280524391 9781280524394 1601297521 9781601297525 |
Language: | English. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |