Ecologies of the early garden city : essays on structure, agency, and greenspace / Graham Livesey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livesey, Graham, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garden ecology.

Landscape ecology.

Urban gardening--Social aspects.

Urban gardening.

Open spaces.

Place of Publication:

Common Ground Research Networks

Contents:

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Assemblage theory

Organization of the book

Landscape ecology

Flows and turbulence

Defining flow

Human constructed flow systems

Turbulence and habitats

Conclusion: productive flows

Patches and patterns

Patch-corridor-matrix spatial model

Urban patchwork dynamics

Evolving patchwork patterns

Assemblages and territories

Conclusion: activating ecologies

Boundaries and corridors

The functions of boundary systems

Boundary dynamics and ecotones

Corridors and networks

Conclusion: assemblages and boundaries

Agents and agencies

Assemblages and agency

Individuals versus organizations

Organizations and boundaries

Conclusion: towards boundaryless organizations

Early garden city

Garden city theory

Influences on the garden city

Ebenezer howard and tomorrow; a peaceful path to real reform

Conclusion: a rural-urban vision

Letchworth garden city, 1903-1913

The early development of letchworth

C.b. purdom and a critique of the first decade

Conclusion: garden city innovations

Gardeners and gardens

The qualities of the gardener and gardening

The garden as an assemblage

The evolution of the park

Conclusion: beyond maintenance

Farmers and greenbelts

Farms and farming

The functions of greenbelts

Benefits and problems

Conclusion: active ecologies

Letchworth garden city innovations

The management of flows

The functional organization of land

The gardener as a community figure

Greenbelts and the role of the farmer

Conclusion: letchworth after 1913

Conclusion.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-86335-129-9