Garden City - Design and Planning

Design and Planning

  • Garden city movement, emphasizing self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts"
    • Town and Country Planning Association, originally known as the Garden City Association
  • New pedestrianism, an urban planning movement emphasizing reduced automobile usage
  • Sustainable city or eco-city, designed with consideration of environmental impact

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