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The Satellite town & Garden City
Presented by: Umar PashaBilal Ahmed1
1OverviewDefinitions
General Concept
Why Satellite Town?....
Satellite Town & Suburb
Characteristics
Disadvantages
Example Of Satellite Town2
DefinitionsSATELLITE TOWN is basically a residential area along
with basic needs of life, located outside the parent city.
New Town planned and built to serve a particular local industry,
or extra town for people who work in a nearby metropolis.
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More comprehensive definitionTOWN
self-contained and limited in size
built in the vicinity of a large town or city to house and
employ those who would otherwise create a demand for expansion of
the existing settlement, but dependent on the parent-city to a
certain extent for population and major services.4
General Concept:
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ReferenceSaying of Omar (r) about that satellite town is, If the
population of certain city exceeds certain limit so that it is out
of control, a new city should be constructed in nearby of the
original city so as to minimize the load on original city. If it is
not done ,there will be high rate of crime, the characters values
will be destroy and the life of people will become difficult and
full of miseries.6
Why Satellite Town???........ The term satellite is used to
indicate a body under the influence of a more powerful body but
possessing its own identity.
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Characteristics of Satellite TownIt is located outside the green
belt of main city.
It is physically separated from the parent city by rural
territory.
It is partially independent from that metropolis socially.
It is not self sufficient & depends on parent city.
It is residential area having local shops & school for
children etc.
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Characteristics of Satellite TownIt is connected to the parent
city by roads or highways.
A satellite town has its own local government & corporation
life etc.
Although it is complete town , but is also not like a village or
suburb.
As it is only residential area , so it has no zoning.
It size and development are controlled in such a way that it
does not become a rival to the parent city.
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DisadvantageThe main disadvantage of satellite town is the
necessity of long journey for the people of town to go to the
parent city for different needs however this drawback of satellite
town may be overcome by an efficient transport.
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Satellite towns of PakistanNorth Nazimabad(satellite
ofKarachi)Shahdara (satellite ofLahore)Rawat(satellite
ofIslamabad)Satellite Town, Gujranwala(satellite
ofGujranwla)Satellite Town, Rawalpindi(satellite
ofRawalpindi)Satellite Town Mirpurkhas(satellite ofMirpurkhas)
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The Garden City12
The Garden CityThe Garden City Movement is a method of urban
planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the
United Kingdom.
Garden cities were intended to be planned, self-contained
communities surrounded by "greenbelts" (parks), containing
proportionate areas of residences, industry and agriculture13
BackgroundThe Garden City Concept was introduced to reduce and
solve social problems and to reduce load on existing city.
The problems occurred, as more and more farmers became workers
in the factories.
The living conditions became worse, due to the fact that many
workers' settlements were located next to the industrial areas or
within the cities.
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Garden cityEngland
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The basic idea Inspired by the utopian novel Looking
BackwardHoward published his book To-morrow: a Peaceful Path to
Real Reform in 1898 which was reissued in 1902 as Garden Cities of
To-morrow16
Can be a possibility17
Howard idealization of the idea..His idealized garden city would
house 32,000 people on a site of 6,000 acres (2,400 ha), planned on
a concentric pattern with open spaces, public parks and six radial
boulevards, 120ft. (37m) wide, extending from the center. The
garden city would be self-sufficient and when it reached full
population, another garden city would be developed nearby. Howard
envisaged a cluster of several garden cities as satellites of a
central city of 50,000 people, linked by road and rail.18
A boulevard A boulevard (French)often abbreviated Blvd, is type
of road, usually a wide, multi-lane arterial road, divided with a
median down the center, and roadways along each side designed as
slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage,
often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery.
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A comprehensive definitionA garden city is a town designed for
healthy living and industry; of a size that makes possible a full
measure of social life; but not larger; surrounded by a rural belt;
the whole of the land being in public ownership or held in trust
for the community.20
The 3 Magnets
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Ebenezer Howard mentioned the advantages and disadvantages of
town life and city life on the respective two magnets, namely, town
magnet and country magnet.On the third magnet he wrote the
attractive features of town life and country life and posed the
problem, where will the people go?These attractive features were
natural beauty, bright homes and gardens, low rents, no slums, no
smoke and social opportunity.22The idea of 3 Magnets
The Garden city structureThe Garden City consists of different
zones, street types and green part.
The core is in the center contains a central park, surrounded by
a commercial, cultural and administrative zone.
Here, the idea of the Shopping Mal came up, as Howard wanted to
develop a " Crystal palace" where goods such as hand craft produced
by the inhabitants could be sold protected from weather.
During the weekends the core was supposed to be the cultural and
recreational center.
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The Garden city structureSix magnificent boulevards connect the
center with the circumference, dividing the city into six
parts.
Every family has a house of a minimum size of 6m x 30m with a
shared or owned garden.
Social infrastructure (i.e. schools) is located along the Grand
Avenue .
The outer ring is supposed for small scale industries and
manufactories to keep the inhabitants away from emission and a
green belt and a circle railway mark the border to the
countryside.
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The Garden city structure
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Features of a Garden cityOpen spaces and gardens around all
houses and factory buildings.
Population neither too small nor too large (Howards limit b/w
30,000 to 40,000).
City is owned by all citizens on co-operative basis.
Independent and have its own civic life and afford all daily
needs.
Self sufficient unit having its own industries.
Surrounded by green belt.
Need not have rapid transit arrangement.
Principles of zoning strictly applied
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A Practical applicationHoward was fortunate enough to apply his
theory in actual practice.
In 1903, the First Garden City was planned 48km from London at
LETCH WORTH.
The area was 1527 hectares.
It was steadily grown with great success. It contains 8500
houses, 95 factories and more than 28000 people27
Letch worth28
Letch worth
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Letch worth community
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Comparison of Garden City and Seattleite TownS.nofeatureGarden
citiesSatellite towns1DependenceSelf-sufficient unitDepend on the
parent city2GardensAround all houses and factoriesNot
compulsory3Green beltSurrounded by green beltSituated outside green
belt of the parent city4IndustriesPermittedNot permitted5Rapid
transit arrangementNot necessaryNecessary in the form of local
trains and buses6zoningEssentialMay or may not have31
AssignmentKeeping in view the situation in
of your city
what is the best option. A SATELLITE TOWN or A garden city?
Explain32
