A must for every planner's book list and every university library

摘要

Such a dry title, such a smashing book! In fact it's two books in one. The original book, which bears the 'dry title', was written by Louis de Soissons and Arthur Kenyon and published in 1927 It is reproduced in this new imprint with essays by Paul Roberts and Isabelle Taylor offering a critique and appraisal of Welwyn Garden City as part of the forthcoming centenary celebrations of the town in 2020. What's the story? Have things turned out as anticipated by the original designers? Did they get it right, and just as importantly what did they get wrong? Has the Garden City worn well and stood the test of time? And here's a question: has the town and country planning system delivered anything comparable in the century since?