ABSTRACT
The post-war planning system was established with the broad objectives of containing urban areas and creating self-contained and balanced communities. Implicit in these objectives was the assumption that urban sprawl should be controlled and the loss of good agricultural land prevented, while self-contained new towns were to be established to accommodate future urban growth. These objectives brought together several strands of planning ideology, in particular the garden city movement which had stressed small-scale urbanization, accessibility to opportunities and environmental quality.
