From Garden City to Smart Growth:The Development and Criticism of Western New Urbanism

With the baptism of industrial age and the rapid growth of city population after World War II,urban sprawl,center city recession and city malaise has become three big malignant tumors that curbing sustainable development of western cities,new urbanism emerges at the right moment.From garden city to smart growth,the new urbanism has been through a long period of brewing and evolution,city form characterized by diversification,compactness、public-oriented traffic and social integration has been accepted by the majority.However,in practice,the new urbanism has also been criticized because of abandoning social justice,dispelling overspread,conservatory ecology and cultural diversity which is publicized in its propaganda value.