Reviews

Abstract

garden city are muted. . . . Genuine green cities demand multifaceted processes of environmental management" (pp. 97-98). In contrast, Peter Ward and Robert E. Young are critical of the sustainable development advocates' refusal to acknowledge the garden city legacy. Moreover, most of the authors seem to consider new urbanism as the contemporary form of the garden city legacy. Therefore, a more appropriate title for the book would be From Garden City to New (Sub)urbanism.Despite some of its shortcomings and exclusive focus on physical planning, From Garden City to Green City is a valuable book on urban history. It is a rich source of useful charts, illustrations (often from the authors' own archives), and references organized in endnotes at the end of the volume, even though a general list of references for the entire book would have been more appropriate and convenient for the readers. Anyone interested in urban history, land use, or physical planning would find From Garden City to Green City a rewarding reading. It would also serve as a good textbook in planning history, urban design, and landscape architecture courses.