Neil Blackshaw on the importance of infrastructure, Kate Ashbrook on how to secure green space, and Debbie Cameron on her treasured family garden
Even with a sophisticated planning system, we have never been able to reconcile a natural desire for green space and the reality of urban living (Editorial, 4 July). Development and construction drive carbon production. The last 14 years have seen the development of car-dependent housing estates euphemistically called “garden communities”, which will create unsustainability for years. Garden cities didn’t achieve the balance demanded now by the climate crisis and neither did new towns. We need a reimagined paradigm to meet demand for homes.
Fifty years ago, Leslie Martin and Lionel March published research showing how low-rise, medium densities could accommodate houses along with land for schools and open space. These models have never been absorbed into planning policy or architectural practice.
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