Modern cities : progress of the awakening for their betterment here and in Europe / by Horatio M. Pollock and William S. Morgan.

  • Horatio Milo Pollock
Date:
1913
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Modern cities : progress of the awakening for their betterment here and in Europe / by Horatio M. Pollock and William S. Morgan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    33/476 (page 15)
    CHAPTER II CITY PLANNING City planning, as the term implies, is the science of designing cities. It includes the lay- ing out of streets, boulevards and parkways; the location and arrangement of civic centers, squares, playgrounds and parks; the designing of sewers and water supply systems; the group- ing of public buildings; the planning of river fronts, docks, terminals and stations; the deter- mination of routes for trolley-lines, overhead railways, subways and steam roads; the division of cities into zones for the grouping of like industries and the separation of residential sec- tions from those devoted to commerce and man- ufacturing; the regulation of the size of lots and the size and character of buildings; and many other matters pertaining to the develop- ment of cities. The purpose of city planning is to make cities efficient and beautiful. The city is considered a physical unit and one part is planned with reference to all other parts. Communication between the various parts is made as direct and [15]