Garden Cities and Colonial Planning

Liora Bigon is a Research Fellow in European Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelYossi Katz is Professor in Geography and Environmental Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel

The volume is indeed a welcomed addition to the literature on colonial urbanism.

• Introduction: Garden cities and colonial planning: transnationality and urban ideas in Africa and Palestine – Liora Bigon and Yossi KatzPART I: Garden cities and colonial Africa1. Symbolic usage in the 'garden city' concept during the French Protectorate in Morocco: from the Howardian model to garden housing-estates – Charlotte Jelidi2. From metropolitan to colonial planning: Dakar between garden city and cité-jardin – Liora Bigon3. The 'plateau' in West-African, French-speaking colonial towns: between garden and city – Alain Sinou4. The afterlife of the Lanchester Plan: Zanzibar as the garden city of tomorrow – Garth Andrew Myers and Makame Ali MuhajirPART II: Garden cities in colonial and mandate Palestine (Eretz Israel)5. 'May be solved by the construction of garden cities' (Theodor Herzl): German-Jewish literary proposals on garden cities in Eretz Israel – Ines Sonder6. Urban development and the 'garden city': examples from late Ottoman era Palestine (and notes leading up to the late British Mandate) – Yossi Katz and Liora Bigon7. Garden cities and suburbs in Palestine: the case of Tel Aviv – Miki Zaidman and Ruth KarkAfterword: Multilateral channels, garden cities and colonial planning – Liora Bigon and Yossi KatzIndex