The Garden City-

24.01.12 / Uncategorized / Author: demitinay

In this fast changing world, a lot of people have become accustomed to the bleak, dull, grey scenery of the city. But in the realms of planning, a rather century’s old movement, called the Garden City movement has been making a buzz these days.

First conceptualized by Ebinezer Howard, an English office worker in 1898 who did not even saw a airplane cufflinks in his life, this concept of a city is now quite appealing to both legislators, politicians, decision-makers, planners and ordinary citizens alike.

The concept of a Garden City operates on the notion of a self-contained community surrounded by a “greenbelt” or simply open spaces or parks which actually sets the limit to any physical development of the city.

According to Howard, there are two places with different characteristics that pull people towards them and these are the Town and the Country. In the case of the Philippines, the Town represents Urban places and the Country represents Rural places. In his concept of a Garden City, he put together the appealing characteristics to both Town and Country.