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This collection is a study of the process by which European planning concepts and practices were transmitted, diffused and diverted in various colonial territories and situations. The socio-political, geographical and cultural implications are analysed here through case studies from the global South, namely from French and British colonial territories in Africa as well as from Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine.The book focuses on the transnational aspects of the garden city, taking into account frameworks and documentation that extend beyond national borders, and includes contributions from an international network of specialists. Their comparative views and geographical focus challenge the conventional, Eurocentric approach to garden cities, and will interest students and scholars of planning history and colonial history.
Liora Bigon is a Research Fellow in European Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelYossi Katz is Professor in Geography and Environmental Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Introduction: Garden cities and colonial planning: transnationality and urban ideas in Africa and Palestine – Liora Bigon and Yossi KatzPART I: Garden cities and colonial Africa1. Symbolic usage in the 'garden city' concept during the French Protectorate in Morocco: from the Howardian model to garden housing-estates – Charlotte Jelidi2. From metropolitan to colonial planning: Dakar between garden city and cité-jardin – Liora Bigon3. The 'plateau' in West-African, French-speaking colonial towns: between garden and city – Alain Sinou4. The afterlife of the Lanchester Plan: Zanzibar as the garden city of tomorrow – Garth Andrew Myers and Makame Ali MuhajirPART II: Garden cities in colonial and mandate Palestine (Eretz Israel)5. 'May be solved by the construction of garden cities' (Theodor Herzl): German-Jewish literary proposals on garden cities in Eretz Israel – Ines Sonder6. Urban development and the 'garden city': examples from late Ottoman era Palestine (and notes leading up to the late British Mandate) – Yossi Katz and Liora Bigon7. Garden cities and suburbs in Palestine: the case of Tel Aviv – Miki Zaidman and Ruth KarkAfterword: Multilateral channels, garden cities and colonial planning – Liora Bigon and Yossi KatzIndex
The volume is indeed a welcomed addition to the literature on colonial urbanism.
