Transport planning as suggested in John Claudius Loudon's 1829 plan for London
Affiliation auteurs | Affiliation ok |
Titre | Transport planning as suggested in John Claudius Loudon's 1829 plan for London |
Type de publication | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Auteurs | Bouche P |
Journal | PLANNING PERSPECTIVES |
Volume | 32 |
Pagination | 271-280 |
Type of Article | Article |
ISSN | 0266-5433 |
Mots-clés | Arturo Soria, Ebenezer Howard, green belt, history of town planning, Ildefonso Cerda, John Claudius Loudon, London, urban transport planning |
Résumé | We consider Scottish landscape gardener J.C. Loudon's already well-documented 1829 plan for a system of successive green belts around London. Our perspective will be that of transport planning, given his recommendations on street layout and public transport provision. Our contention is that Loudon's design for the Metropolis would have been theoretically inoperative if it had not been for its transport network. Beside other forward-thinking aspects already demonstrated by researchers, Loudon's plan is remarkable for setting out a design for an integrated Metropolis based on road planning and the then barely nascent technology of railways. |
DOI | 10.1080/02665433.2017.1289852 |