5 Theories of Planning · 5.1 Theories of planning and planning thinkers

5.1.2 Ebenezer Howard: the three magnets and the Garden City

Ebenezer Howard proposed small, self-contained "garden cities" of about 32,000 people, owned in common and ringed by a permanent agricultural belt, to combine the advantages of town and country.

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  • Ebenezer Howard
  • garden city
  • three magnets
  • town-country
  • Letchworth
  • Welwyn
  • Hampstead Garden Suburb
  • social city
  • agricultural belt
  • new towns

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