Pastoral City Theory And Its Practical History

Ebenezer Howard is the famous urban planning pioneer, his Garden city theoryand urban theory have a very far-reaching impact in the theory of urban space, anduntil now it play a guiding role in our lives.This paper interprets Ebenezer Howard’s urban space theory, in order torevealing the production of space play an important role in the process of urbandevelopment, and then explains his urban ideas for the modern city planning andconstruction.This article is divided into three parts; include the introduction, body andconclusion. The introduction introduces Howards life and academic experience aswell as domestic and foreign scholars on its theory study. The body part has threechapters, the first chapter introduces his early life and his interest in urban issues, thefocus of his research has experienced a shift from rural to urban. The second chapterdiscusses his Garden city theory and urban theory, that Howard summarize theontological framework of social?reform, including rent problem and social attributes.Then we discussed the extension of his concept of space. The third chapter discussesHoward’s theory influences the followed researchers, giving us some inspirationsabout contemporary urbanization.Although the urban theory of Howard emerged in last century, but the brightspot in its theory is beneficial to Chinas urbanization theory. There are still many tolearn from, so take the initiative to actively digest absorption for the construction ofChinas urban theory is helpful.