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The Garden City Movement was a town-planning idea that sought to marry the best of town and country in new urban development. It proved highly influential in suburban design and new town planning through the twentieth century.
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The Garden City Movement played a pivotal role in urban/suburban development form in Europe, North America, and many other parts of the world in the twentieth century. The town planners, designers, and developers who promoted the ideas of the Garden City hoped to replace the crowded, dirty, and dismal housing districts of the industrial city with green and open landscapes that would improve the quality of life for countless working families. While the philosophy – combining the best of town and country – led to less congested and more open urban environments, in the era of the automobile, the ideas of the Garden City became increasingly associated with...
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Grant, J.L. (2021). Garden City Movement. In: Maggino, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_3617-2
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