As much as early planners were imagining themselves as applying scientific principles to social problems of dense settlements, they are better understood as implementing a moral reform movement of Victorian origin. This was a moral reform movement centered on the "home," which was an ideal for family and household structure as much as it…
As much as early planners were imagining themselves as applying scientific principles to social problems of dense settlements, they are better understood as implementing a moral reform movement of Victorian origin. This was a moral reform movement centered on the "home," which was an ideal for family and household structure as much as it was an ideal for the environments in which they would thrive. While American planning has evolved, it is still in the business in legislating household structures. Here is another reading: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/zoned-out
As much as early planners were imagining themselves as applying scientific principles to social problems of dense settlements, they are better understood as implementing a moral reform movement of Victorian origin. This was a moral reform movement centered on the "home," which was an ideal for family and household structure as much as it was an ideal for the environments in which they would thrive. While American planning has evolved, it is still in the business in legislating household structures. Here is another reading: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/zoned-out