Idea and Influence: The Town and Country Planning Association

Abstract

British town planning has been strongly influenced by the Town and Country Planning Association, various components of the garden-city idea toward which it has worked having been substantially adopted as doctrine. Governmental policy to contain Greater London and other metropolitan areas largely reflects successful propaganda from the Association. This article provides a brief account of the Association's sixty-two years of activity, explores the circumstances that contributed to its effectiveness, and. offers an appraisal of the major ideas which the Association has supported.