The growth of cities in relation to town planning / by A.K. Chalmers.
- Archibald Chalmers
- Date:
- [1908]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The growth of cities in relation to town planning / by A.K. Chalmers. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![tlie pro])ortions closel.y follow tliese, and even C^oatbridge—a purely imlnstrial bnrgh In Tjanarksliire—sIio'wk some indication of movement in the same direction over the only decade for which ijifonnation is availa- ble! These facts are, I think, not withont mean- ing, for they indicate that poi)nlations may develop power of internal groavtb, which, is cpiite distinct from additions to popnla- tion, arising from immigration and conse- quently liable to wide fluctuations and even cessation. The modern city has, as it were, wrenched from Nature the secret of growth, a gift which would appear to have been denied to' the cities of the past, and it is this which makes the, problem of town life to-day quite without a parallel. Town Plcmning necessary over Large Arens. —Where, then, does tliis argument lead us, and how does it affect the question of town planning? As I have suggested, so long as we can buy in our food supplies and main- tain our markets, the massing of population in towns is likely to continue. TJie prob- lem will l)e to regulate its conditions. .1 greatly doubt wdiether industry and coin- merce can well be combined with agriculture in the same population. We no longer con- centrate for protection —• Vienna long age demolished its I’amparts and cj-eated a boule-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22480390_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
