Garden City Association

E69867

The Garden City Association was a British organization that promoted and implemented Ebenezer Howard’s garden city planning principles, helping to pioneer early planned communities like Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City.


Statements (39)
Predicate Object
instanceOf British organization
planning organization
activity coordination of investors and reformers for garden city projects
educational campaigns on town planning
public advocacy for garden cities
support for land acquisition for new towns
associatedWith Ebenezer Howard
Letchworth Garden City
Welwyn Garden City
basedOn garden city movement
garden city planning principles
country United Kingdom
field housing reform
social reform
town planning
urban planning
focus balanced development of industry and residences
creation of self-contained new towns
improvement of working-class living conditions
integration of housing and green space
foundedFor practical realization of Ebenezer Howard’s ideas
hasGoal development of planned communities
implementation of garden city planning ideas
promotion of garden city principles
helpedDevelop Letchworth Garden City
Welwyn Garden City
influenced development of planned satellite towns
early 20th-century British planning policy
inspiredBy Ebenezer Howard
location London
movement British town planning movement
garden city movement
notableWork promotion of Letchworth Garden City
promotion of Welwyn Garden City
sector non-profit
timePeriod early 20th century
topic land use planning
model communities
suburban development


Please wait…