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Health and garden cities

Town and Country Planning Association, 2013

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

Comprises the re-publication of Norman Macfadyen’s Health and Garden Cities, the first of a ‘New Series’ of pamphlets published by the TCPA (at the time, operating under the name Garden Cities and Town Planning Association), issued in 1938. Highlights how Garden City planning made a significant contribution to improving the quality of life of ordinary people, enhancing the health of individuals and the communities in which they live.

Author

Macfadyen, N.

History

Comprises the fourteenth of the TCPA's Tomorrow Series Papers. Supported by the Lady Margaret Paterson Osborn Trust.

Subjects

Planning and development
Sustainable development
Residential development
Health care development
Environmental planning/land
Other planning disciplines

Publisher History

The Town and Country Planning Association campaigns for the reform of the UK’s planning system to make it more responsive to people’s needs and to promote sustainable development.

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