ABSTRACT
This section needs little in the way of introduction since the essay by Meyerson considers the relevance of Utopian thinking to city planning. He, like us, is not primarily concerned to dwell on the details of the Utopian genre but to derive from it ideas which may be useful to those concerned with the planning of the future city. There is an apparent paradox in looking to the past for a view of the future. We do so not to enquire who was the first author to forecast particular inventions but in recognition that many themes which are of vital relevance to the future, particularly those relating to social goals and the quality of life, originated in the Utopian literature.
