garden city

garden city

See also: Garden City

English

Etymology

Coined in the 1890s by Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928).

Noun

garden city (plural garden cities)

1. (UK, urban studies) Any of several planned, self-contained communities, surrounded by "green belts", containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and agriculture.

Derived terms

• Letchworth Garden City
• Welwyn Garden City

Translations

planned city with gardens

Chinese: Mandarin: 花園城市／花园城市 (huāyuán chéngshì) Finnish: puutarhakaupunki German: Gartenstadt f Portuguese: cidade-jardim f Spanish: ciudad jardín f Swedish: trädgårdsstad c

Further reading

• garden city movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia