The Ideal Urban Space

Term Paper # 99925

Environmental Studies > Urban Issues

This paper looks at Ebenezer Howard's garden city design and the modern conception of urban spaces.

1,080 words () | 2 sources | MLA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses Howard's design concept for the ideal urban space. The paper provides personal definitions of the city and of urban spaces and asserts they are more realistic than the views of Howard. The paper defines the city and its consequent urban spaces by the hierarchilization of resource control and uses Toronto as an example.

From the Paper:

"Ebenezer Howard, 1850-1928, developed a significant, if somewhat naively utopian, model for urban planning based on his own specific conception of what constitutes an urban space. With limited formal education, Howard called for the creation of pre-planned cities that would be limited in size and surrounded by permanent belts of agricultural land that would be utilized to foster local independence from national and international markets for food (Reps par. 1). This concept of urban-ness was rooted specifically in sustainability and quality of life issues that Howard believed could be improved by synthesizing a closer relationship between traditional urban and country spaces."

Sample of Sources Used:

Reps, John W. "Garden Cities of To-Morrow." Cornell University. 22 October 2006 <http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/howard.htm>.
Wood, Andrew. "Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities." Syracuse University School of Architecture. 22 October 2006 <http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/woods/149/149syllabus9howard.html>.