Chapter : 3. Work, Life & Leisure - Cities in Count. World
Cleaning London
(d) Cleaning London :
(i) Attempts were made to decongest localities, green the open spaces, reduce pollution and landscape the city. Large blocks of apartments were built. Rent control was introduced to ease the impact of a severe housing shortage.
(ii) Some attempts were made to bridge the difference between the city and countryside through ideas as the Green Belt around London.
(iii) Architect and planner Ebenzer Howard developed the principle of the Garden City, a pleasant space full of plants and trees, where people would both live and work. Ramond Unwin and Barry Parker designed the garden city of New Easwick. There were common garden spaces, beautiful views, and great attention to detail.
(iv) Between the two World Wars (1919-39) the responsibility for housing the working classes was accepted by the British state, and a million houses, most of them single-family cottages, were built by local authorities.
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