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Turbine Square - Civic spaces organized around a pinwheel arrangement of streets. Garden City Concept - Ebenezer Howard's attempt to combine the best of city and country living in his town-country idea. First put forth in 1898. Satellite Towns - Smaller towns dependent on larger towns nearby for business. Cite Industrielle - Proposed by Tony Garnier in 1917. A city plan that included separate zones for residential, public, industrial, and agricultural uses, linked by separated circulation paths for vehicles and pedestrians. One of the first plans to emphasize the idea of zoning. Gridiron Street System - Regularly planned public open spaces and uniform spacing and setback of buildings. The city of Philadelphia (established in 1682), along with many other early towns, used this planning system. Ward - A plot of land about 600ft square. Township - A six mile by six mile piece of land. Section - Townships are divided into 36 1-mile square pieces of land. New Town Concept - Started in Great Britain in the 1940's, it is an extension of the idea that entirely new communities can be built away from the crowding and ugliness of existing cities. New Urbanism - A more recent planning philosophy that attempts to counter the many undesirable aspects of city development, including suburban sprawl, reliance on the automobile, environmental deterioration, housing segregation, loss of farmland, and single-use development.Expanding Grid - A pattern of urban development where the city begins at the junction of two major roads and is methodically laid out in a grid.
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