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garden city
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garden city
n.
A residential suburb or community planned so as to provide a pleasant environment with low-density housing and open public land.

garden city
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a planned town of limited size with broad streets and spacious layout, containing trees and open spaces and surrounded by a rural belt See also garden suburb
Translations
garden city n (Brit) → città giardino f inv


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A Garden Cities and Garden Suburbs principles to be applied to new settlements, including eco-towns as well as to urban extensions, says The Town and Country Planning Association.
Welwyn Garden City was one of the first garden cities, founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s and designed by Louis de Soissons.
Sir Peter Hall advocates the development of garden cities to meet the need for 1.
 
 
 
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