Sustainable City in the New Millennium

Abstract

Leonardo Benevolo said that cities still remain specifically historical creations. They have not always existed; they began at a certain period in the evolution of society and can equally be ended or radically transformed at another. They came into being not as a result of any natural necessity, but as the result of an historical need, and they will continue only for as along as this need persists. (Benevolo, 1981) In order to solve the negative aspects of the city, the idea of Garden City was suggested by Ebenezer Howard 100 years ago and arrested great attentions. The original combination of the words "garden" and "city implied something close to the heart of sustainability. (Blowers, ed., 1993) After Howard's idea, new towns based on the Garden City were envisioned and partially realized in the new towns in the UK, U.S.A. and Japan.