Main entry:

Hall, Peter, 1932-2014.

Title & Author:

Sociable cities : the legacy of Ebenezer Howard / Peter Hall and Colin Ward.

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; New York : J. Wiley, 1998.

Description:

x, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
pt. 1. The first century: ch. 1. Howard's beginning -- ch. 2. Garden city : ideal and reality -- ch. 3. From garden cities to new towns -- ch. 4. Plotlands : the unauthorised version -- ch. 5. Land settlement : the failed alternative -- ch. 6. A continental interlude -- pt. 2. The coming century: ch. 7. Then and now -- ch. 8. The quest for sustainability -- ch. 9. Sustainable social cities of tomorrow -- ch. 10. Making it happen -- ch. 11. Do-it-yourself new towns -- Ch. 12. Not counting NIMBIES.

Summary:

In 1899 Ebenezer Howard founded the Garden City Association which has developed over the last century to become the Town and Country Planning Association. This book traces the history of the Garden City movement through the development of Letchworth and Welwyn to the new towns which have been developed in Britain and Europe in the twentieth century.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

047198504X (hardback ; acid-free paper)
9780471985044 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
0471985058 (paperback)
9780471985051 (paperback)

Subject:

Howard, Ebenezer, Sir, 1850-1928.
Howard, Ebenezer, 1850-1928.
Howard, Ebenezer 1850-1928
Howard, Ebenezer, (1850-1928)
Howard, Ebenezer.
Garden cities.
New towns.
City planning.
Cités-jardins.
Villes nouvelles.
garden cities.
Biografie
Gartenstadt
Stadtplanung
Tuinsteden.
Stadsplanning.
Urbanisme.

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)

Added entries:

Ward, Colin.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205808
Call No.: NA44.H8485.9 H3 1998
Status: Available