LEADER 02452nam 2200373 450 001 9910774778003321 005 20230219062144.0 035 $a(CKB)5580000000393576 035 $a(NjHacI)995580000000393576 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000393576 100 $a20230219d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNorwegian Garden Cities $eYesterday, Today - and Tomorrow? /$fEven Smith Wergeland 210 1$a[Place of publication not identified] :$cCappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing),$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (103 pages) 311 $a82-02-77320-2 330 $aThis book deals with the legacy of Norway's garden cities. It tracks the origins of the Norwegian garden city movement and discusses the current status of built examples. Through a detailed study of one example, Sinsen Garden City in Oslo, the book links the garden city heritage to a number of ongoing scholarly debates on topics like densification, sustainability, socio-economic conditions, life quality and neighborhood satisfaction. While the garden city can be criticized for its association with sprawl and its failure to deliver affordable housing for all, it has gained new momentum as a green, resilient resource in light of theoretical platforms like garden ecology and circular heritage. A key argument in the book is that the garden city is a pioneering example of a serious commitment to the environmental cause through architecture and planning. It is a reminder of the importance of environmental awareness today, not least because it accentuates the climate crisis through changing conditions for gardening in the summer and skiing in the winter. A garden city may have its faults and inadequacies, especially in regard to housing prices and social exclusion, but the overall conclusion is that it represents a valuable legacy with endurable qualities that cities will be needing in the future too. 517 $aNorwegian Garden Cities 606 $aGarden cities 606 $aNeighborhoods 615 0$aGarden cities. 615 0$aNeighborhoods. 676 $a307.1216 700 $aWergeland$b Even Smith$01279971 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910774778003321 996 $aNorwegian Garden Cities$93016272 997 $aUNINA