1、Garden City MovementGarden City MovementSchool of Environment and Planning01Background02The thoery of Garden city03The comment of Garden city04ConclusionContent.Background.BackgroundIn 1898,social reformer Ebenezer Howard promulgated a scheme to build new towns rather than add population to the alre
2、ady large cities,called the garden city plan.Sir Ebenezer Howard(1850-1928)A nineteenth century British social reformerInspired by the utopian novel Looking Backward and Henry Georges work Progress and Poverty,Howard published his book To-morrow:a Peaceful Path to Real Reform in 1898(which was reiss
3、ued in 1902 as Garden Cities of To-morrow).The theory of Garden City.The theory of Garden CityThe garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom.Garden cities were intended to be planned,self-contained communities surrounded by gree
4、nbelts,containing proportionate areas of residences,industry,and agriculture.Garden city Garden cityNew cityCentral city&townsTo house 32000 people on a site of 6000 acres(24 sqkm)Self-sufficient i.e.socially,economically and environmenttally sustainable.Be interconnected through a mass transit syst
5、emDivided by green beltsServed by integrated traffic systemsHowards maps are clearly diagrammatic and intended as flexible frameworks,adjustable to particular sites,within which individual taste and preference could be given free expression,especially in architecture and design.The Three MagnetThe T
6、hree MagnetTownTownSchoolopportunityPlace of amusementbetter jobClosing out of natureCrowded dwellingsPollutionHigh living costCountryCountryBeauty of natureIsolation of crowdsNo pollutionLack social opportunityLack of places of amusementless job opportunityLow salaryAs Howard pictured it,“each inha
7、bitant of the whole group,though in one sense living in a town of small size,would be in reality living in,and would enjoy all the advantages of a great and most beautiful city;and yet all the fresh delights of the country.”.Comments of Howards theory.Comments of Howards theoryHowards ideas have bee
8、n regarded as highly advanced for his time.Understanding of the garden city thus requires close consideration of urban and rural conditions and of the perceptions of social issues by the reformers of that time.As a proposition about urban-rural structure,the theory of Howards garden city hasimportan
9、t influence so far.Conclusion.Conclusion Urban green space system dominated by green plants is significant for maintaining urban environment,improving life quality of citizens,protecting biodiversity,or maintaining ecosystem stability,and it is an important infrastructure for realizing sustainable development of the city.Thank you!