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 (de) f
• Portuguese: cidade-jardim f
• Spanish: ciudad jardín f
• Swedish: trädgårdsstad c

Further reading

• garden city movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia