Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introduction
- Chap. I The Town-Country Magnet
- Chap. II The Revenue of Garden City, and how it is obtained—The Agricultural Estate
- Chap. III The Revenue of Garden City—Town Estate
- Chap. IV The Revenue of Garden City—General Observations on its Expenditure
- Chap. V Further Details of Expenditure on Garden City
- Chap. VI Administration
- Chap. VII Semi-Municipal Enterprise—Local Option—Temperance Reform
- Chap. VIII Pro-Municipal Work
- Chap. IX Administration—A Bird's Eye View
- Chap. X Some Difficulties Considered
- Chap. XI A Unique Combination of Proposals
- Chap. XII The Path followed up
- Chap. XIII Social Cities
- Chap. XIV The Future of London
- APPENDIX: Water-Supply
- INDEX
- Plate section
Chap. IX - Administration—A Bird's Eye View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introduction
- Chap. I The Town-Country Magnet
- Chap. II The Revenue of Garden City, and how it is obtained—The Agricultural Estate
- Chap. III The Revenue of Garden City—Town Estate
- Chap. IV The Revenue of Garden City—General Observations on its Expenditure
- Chap. V Further Details of Expenditure on Garden City
- Chap. VI Administration
- Chap. VII Semi-Municipal Enterprise—Local Option—Temperance Reform
- Chap. VIII Pro-Municipal Work
- Chap. IX Administration—A Bird's Eye View
- Chap. X Some Difficulties Considered
- Chap. XI A Unique Combination of Proposals
- Chap. XII The Path followed up
- Chap. XIII Social Cities
- Chap. XIV The Future of London
- APPENDIX: Water-Supply
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
“Watts was often consulted about supposed inventions and discoveries, and his invariable reply was to recommend that a model should be formed and tried. This he considered as the only true test of the value of any novelty in mechanics.”
“Book of Days,” Vol. i., p. 134.“Selfish and contentious men will not cohere, and without coherence nothing can be accomplished.”
—“Descent of Man,” Chap. v.I now present to the eye of the reader a diagram of administration which conveniently summarises the last three chapters so far as they deal with administrative work.
At the centre is the Central Council with its very ample powers of co-ordination and financial control (see Chap, vi., page 67), upon which body sit the chief officers of all the public departments.
Closely associated with the Central Council is the group of Public Control, which attends to questions of general administration. (Chap, vi., page 69.)
Next in order comes the Engineering group, each department of which, while attending specially to its own work, is in close association with the whole group, so that questions of this nature can be considered not only in detail but as parts of a larger whole.
Next comes the Educational and Social Group, dealing with those questions which require a knowledge of human nature rather than skill in dealing with the material forces around us—a group where the influence of woman will probably make itself largely felt.
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- To-morrowA Peaceful Path to Real Reform, pp. 91 - 93Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1898