The Evolution of Urban Planning | 2019
THE EVOLUTION OF URBAN PLANNING
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Urban planning has shifted a lot over the centuries. Early city layouts turned around key elements such as outstanding buildings (e.g. cathedrals, monuments) and fortification (e.g. city walls, castles).
As towns grew larger, they also became more irksome. Here are some key ideas from architects and planners who sought tame the unruly urban beast.
Urban planning is a technical and political process involved with the construction and use of land, planning support, protection and use of the environment, public welfare, and the design of the urban atmosphere, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks.[1] Urban planning is also referred to as urban and regional planning, regional planning, town planning, city planning, rural planning.
GARDEN CITY
At the dawn of the 20th century, cities were experiencing big population growth.
The Garden City concept – devised by the English planner Ebenezer Howard – sought to solve urban overcrowding and poor quality of life by creating smaller, master-planned communities on the outskirts of the larger city. The city would be structured around concentric circles of land use and include a sizeable park and greenbelt. Greenbelts were a revolutionary idea at the time and are still widely appreciated to this day.
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