Originally published in 1898 as To-Morrow: A peaceful path to reform, "the book", writes F.J. Osborn "holds a unique place in town planning literature, is cited in all planning bibliographies, stands on the shelves of the more important libraries, and is alluded to in most books on planning; yet most of the popular writers on planning do not seem to have read it - or if they have read it, to remember what it says." The book led directly to two experiments in town-founding that by imitation, and imitation of imitation, have had a profound influence on practical urban development throughout the world. The book was responsible for the introduction of the term Garden City in numbers of languages - Cite-Jardin, Gartenstadt, Ciudad-jardin, Tuinstad - and set into motion ideas that have helped transform the scientific and political outlook on town structure and town growth. With urban renewal and the development of suburban communities as features of the contemoprary American scene, Garden cities of To-Morrow becomes "must" reading. In the words of Lewis Mumford: "This is not merely a book for Technicians: above all it is a book for citizens, for the people whose actively expressed needs, desires and interests should guide the planner and administrator at every turn." This book was first published in it's current form in 1965.
now, to draw the people into the cities, those causes may all be summed up as " attractions " ; and it is obvious, therefore, that no remedy can possibly be effective which will not present to the people, or at least to considerable ...
Francisco named Henry George was trying to unravel what he called the “Great Enigma.” Why is it, George asked, that there is so much poverty amidst so much wealth – poverty that persists despite social, economic, and technological ...
Reprint of the original, first published in 1902.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The book gave rise to the garden city movement.This book offered a vision of towns free of slums and enjoying the benefits of both town (such as opportunity, amusement and high wages) and country (such as beauty, fresh air and low rents).
Sir Ebenezer Howard and the Town Planning Movement
This work, one of the "Foundations of Urban Planning" series, is required reading and deserves to be included in any urban planner's or architect's bookshelf.
The Town magnet, it will be seen, offers, as compared with the Country magnet, the advantages of high wages, opportunities for employment, tempting prospects of advancement, but these are largely counterbalanced by high rents and prices.
This collection is a study of the process by which European planning concepts and practices were transmitted, diffused and diverted in various colonial territories and situations.
This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.