ABSTRACT
This chapter indicates the fundamental distinction between residential developments in England before and after the First World War. In the case of London, mapping of inter-war housing development in much of South-East England was undertaken at the end of the Second World War. The creation of garden suburbs before the First World War, particularly within the English-speaking world, should be seen in the light of this changing attitude towards home and family. Since the garden city idea had been in large part a reaction against suburban development, confusion arose over the purpose of the Garden Cities and Town Planning Association. The idea of creating garden cities, in the sense of new communities, became replaced by 'garden-city-type planning' which became in practice low-density model housing, most of which was suburban. The gulf between adherents to the Modern Movement and the builders and occupiers of suburban houses was especially great.
