The art of building a garden city designing new communities for the 21st century
The Art of Building a Garden City is a well-researched guide to the history of the garden city movement and the delivery of a new generation of communities for the 21st Century. Bringing together key findings from the TCPA's campaign work, and drawing on lessons from the first garden cities, th...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
RIBA Publishing, part of RIBA Enterprises Ltd
[2017]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630883106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Copyright; Title; Contents; Foreword; Sponsors; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; INTRODUCTION; PART 1 LEARNING FROM THE PAST; 1 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE UTOPIAN TRADITION; 16th Century: Thomas More's Utopia; 17th Century: Land and Freedom; 18th & Early 19th Century: The New Industrial Age; Late 19th Century: The Arts and Crafts Movement; Ebenezer Howard and the Garden City Vision; 2 THE GARDEN CITIES; Letchworth: The World's First Garden City; The Impact of the First World War; Welwyn Garden City: Howard's Second Experiment; Lessons From the Garden Cities
- A Nation on the Edge of Change3 NEW TOWN UTOPIA; Postwar Britain; Osborn's Patient Campaign; Planning the New Towns; Designing the New Towns; Living in the New Towns; Paying for the New Towns; The End of the New Towns Programme; Lessons from the New Towns; After the New Towns; 4 FROM NEW TOWNS TO ECO-TOWNS; Private Sector New Towns; 'Do-it-Yourself' New Towns; Towards Sustainable Communities; Eco-Towns; Back to the Future
- from Eco-Towns to Garden Cities; 5 TODAY'S CHALLENGES; The Housing Crisis; Public Health; Climate Change; Facing the Future
- 6 WHY NEW GARDEN CITIES ARE PART OF THE SOLUTIONWhat's in a Name? The Battle of the Garden City 'Brand'; The Role of New Garden Cities in Contemporary Public Policy; Political Support for New Garden Cities; Key Criticisms of the Garden City Approach; Towards a Shared Vision for Tomorrow; PART 2 DELIVERING THE FUTURE; 7 THE GARDEN CITY PRINCIPLES; What are the Garden City Principles; A Framework for Good Place-making; Applying the Principles to New Development; 8 LOCATION AND CONSENT; Criteria for Locating New Garden Cities; The Government's Current Approach; Recommended Approach
- The Reality in 20169 FINANCE AND DELIVERY; The Financial Foundation of New Garden Cities; Capturing and Sharing the Uplift in Land Values; Capturing Land Values; Unlocking 'Patient' Investment; 10 LONG-TERM STEWA RDSHIP; What is Long-Term Stewardship?; Who Benefits?; Who Should Take on a Stewardship Role?; Implementing Long-Term Stewardship; 11 DESIGN AND PLACE-MAKING; The Garden City Design Ethic; Urban-design Principles for New Garden Cities; Making it Happen
- The Masterplan; Making it Happen
- Good Design; An Opportunity to Offer Something Better; 12 CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
- The Garden City OpportunityKey Considerations for Creating Climate-resilient Garden Cities; Steps for Developing a Renewable-energy Strategy; 13 HOMES FOR ALL; National Housing Policy; How to Achieve Homes for All; A Call for Ambition and a Long-Term View; 14 ART AND CULTURE; I'd Love to Live There!
- Why Art and Culture Matter; Enabling the Arts and Culture to Thrive; Making it Happen; CONCLUSION; References; Index; Picture Credits
