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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"garden city"”.
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The German Garden City Movement: Architecture, Politics and Urban Transformation, 1902-1931
This dissertation examines the German garden city movement from aesthetic, economic, and political vantage points in an attempt to determine how the leaders of the Deutsche Gartenstad-Gesellschaft (German Garden City Association) adapted the English movement to indigenous ideas and conditions. In …
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Private Preservation: Using Garden City-Inspired Legal Tools to Preserve Communities and Heritage
… thesis looks at the legacy of Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City vision, and analyzes how a reappropriation of privatism and communal land ownership and management can work to preserve communities and heritage as an alternative set of tools to public preservation. Using the law of property to explore …
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Acts of Livelihood: Bodies and Nature in International Garden City Movement Planning, 1898-1937
… scholars and policymakers continue to cite the “garden city” community model as a potential blueprint for planning environmentally sustainable, economically equitable, humane built environments. Articulated by the British social reformer Sir Ebenezer Howard and his 1898 book To-Morrow: A Peaceful …
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Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana
… The State of Montana, Missoula County and the City of Missoula all have recognized these threats and are taking steps to address climate change impacts. In response to the unique challenges posed by urban environments, the practice of green, or vegetative, roofing has been promoted through …
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Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana
… The State of Montana, Missoula County and the City of Missoula all have recognized these threats and are taking steps to address climate change impacts. In response to the unique challenges posed by urban environments, the practice of green, or vegetative, roofing has been promoted through …
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Cultivating imperial identity: the garden city and urban landscapes in London, Calcutta and Delhi, c. 1860-1931
… considers how the cultivation of the garden was tied into the development of the colonial modern in the 19th century and early 20th century, setting in place value systems rooted in the link between horticultural space and urbanity itself in both metropole and colony. By considering …
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Η ΙΔΕΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΗΠΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΕΟΔΟΜΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΣΟΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ
THE STUDY BEGINS WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF THE TERM GARDEN CITY TO THE GREEK PUBLIC. IT SEEKS TO PRESENT THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOVEMENT, ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT, AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLANNING IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF EUROPEAN PLANNING. THE RESEARCH REVEALS THAT IN GREECE …
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Building Sustainable and Inclusive Cities: Analyzing the Impact of Planning Paradigms in the US
… the sustainability implications of the 15-minute city model, which emphasizes local living. Using large-scale GPS data from US cities, the study examines the relationship between trip length, access to nearby amenities, and segregation. The results suggest that less restrictive zoning rules could …
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Hönnun á útikennslusvæði í Fossvogsdalnum
… Hönnunar hlutinn er unninn út frá hugmynd „The garden city“ sem Ebenezer Howard gerði ódauðlega árið 1902. Hann var læknir og hugsjónamaður í Bretlandi. Hugmyndir hans voru róttækar í skipulagi borga og lýðheilsu. Tengingin við „The garden city“ hugmyndina er tvíþætt. Annars vegar er það …
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A History of Irrigation in the Arkansas River Valley in Western Kansas, 1880-1910
… Kansas, in particular the community around Garden City, Kansas. This history attempts to relate the development of irrigation in the Arkansas Valley through its formative years, 1880-1910. The term "Arkansas River Valley" as used here refers to that portion of the valley of the Arkansas in …
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Growth model Epping : a method of measurement and analysis of industrial growth
… labour pools on which they would draw. Pinelands Garden City is on the West boundary and Langa Location on the South boundary of that portion of the Range which became known as Epping Industria No. 1. The predominantly Coloured Areas of Matroosfontein and Elsie's Rivier lay immediately to the East …
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Growth model Epping : a method of measurement and analysis of industrial growth
… labour pools on which they would draw. Pinelands Garden City is on the West boundary and Langa Location on the South boundary of that portion of the Range which became known as Epping Industria No. 1. The predominantly Coloured Areas of Matroosfontein and Elsie's Rivier lay immediately to the East …
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Welcome Home to Black Rock City: Urban Geography of the Burn
… mainstream culture through manifested Black Rock City (re)formation, negotiation, and deconstruction. The resulting paradoxical heterotopia originates from modernist garden city philosophy and is centered annually on a symbolic towering effigy, but the playa canvas provides ample room for communal …
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Invisible village: A potential alternative for urban village redevelopment in China
… planning theories, such as Ebenezer Howard’s garden city vision, Kevin Lynch’s concepts of spatial legibility, and Jane Jacobs’s advocacy for social diversity, the project proposes a vibrant neighbourhood that integrates residential units, public spaces, and productive landscapes. Greenhouses …
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Use of play parks in Lusaka city
… study examined the use of play parks in Lusaka City. Lusaka incorporated play parks in its city’s plan based on Ebenezer Howard’s ‘Garden City’ Concept as a way of beautifying the city and benefiting from a number of attributes relating to people’s mental health, social, environmental, physical …
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Use of play parks in Lusaka city
… study examined the use of play parks in Lusaka City. Lusaka incorporated play parks in its city’s plan based on Ebenezer Howard’s ‘Garden City’ Concept as a way of beautifying the city and benefiting from a number of attributes relating to people’s mental health, social, environmental, physical …
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Tree protection in Christchurch : the legal aspects : a major design study submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln College, University of Canterbury
… 5 Christchurch local authorities - Christchurch City, Waimairi District, Riccarton Borough, Heathcote County and Paparua County Councils - and the legislation empowering them to do so although other legislation and tree protection methods will also be covered. Trees are an integral part of the …
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Bangalore-Future Trends In Public Open Space Usage. Case Study: Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore
From 'Pensioners Paradise' or 'Garden City' to 'Silicon Valley' or 'Garbage City', the city of Bangalore has come a long way. One of the interesting aspects of life in Bangalore is 'public life' and the use of public space. However the quality of public spaces in Bangalore has deteriorated over the …