Housing and City Planning - By James Ford

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Preservation and bibliographic microform target record for “Housing and City Planning,” by James Ford, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. The text argues that “human welfare” should be understood through happiness as a by-product of the right mode of living, grounded in creativeness. Housing and city planning are framed as balancing health, safety, freedom from strain, privacy, comfort, convenience, economy, and beauty, while addressing physical environments that hinder growth and moral productivity. The record also highlights irregularities and filming technical metadata.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages16

Reading Time40 min

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97-84087-20Ford,James Housing and city planning [n.p.] [1928] # COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD Reproductions may not be mados without permsin rom Coumbia UniversityLbraries ## RESTRICTIONS ON USE: TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA 35mm12:1MAGE PLACEMENT:IA (IA) ### FILM SIZE: DATE FILMED: 5/9/97INITIALS: cM TBACKING\#: 23834 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. BIBLIOGRAPHIC IRREGULARITIES | Ford.James …… ___ ……- …
с сос ос ос ос | | --- | ### MAIN ENTRY: Housing and city planning _ ………………………………-- - ## Bibliographic Irregularities in the Original Document: List all volumes and pages affected;include name of institution if filming borrowed text. ____Page(s)missing/not available: Volume(s)missing/not available: ___Illegible and/or damaged page(s): Page(s)or volume(s)misnumbered: ___Bound out of sequence: ____Page(s)or volume(s)filmed from copy borrowed from: unpaginated-[11]pages Xother: ____Inserted material: # INTENTIONALSECOND ## EXPOSURES DUE TOPHOTOGRAPHS 244 # Housing andCity Planning By JAMES FORDProfessor of Sociology,Haruard Uniters ily S “ (Reprinf from Cemmaniy Builder Magazine,May,rg28) Y66A Housing and City Planning BY JAMES FoRDProfessor of Sociology.Haruard University Both house planning and eity planning should ultimately begauged with reference to their bearing upon human welfare.Although this term“human welfare”is freely used,it is seldomdefined.It is often construed in terms of health,eonvenience,racial development,or social adaptation,or in a variety of otherways.But in the minds of most persons its central factor ishappiness,a human end which is likely to be missed if direetlysought,but which is a by-produet of the right mode of living.The essence of right living is creativeness;and thus the aim ofall social poliey,ineluding housing poliey and eity planning,should be to give every individual member of society an oppor-tunity to make the most of himself—that is,to live ereatively orto make use of his native abilities in the serviee of his fellow men. The first essential for creative living is health,which is thebasis of self-confidence,facilitates good judgment and is an in-dispensable means to courageous and enduring effort and growth.Other essentials are reasonable safety,freedom from needlessstrain,privacy,which is a chief medium of mental and moralrecuperation for the planning of life's activities,enough of com-fort,convenience and economy to rid life of needless annoyancesand obstructions,and lastly,beauty to provide the inspiration foreffective serviee.A housing and eity-planning poliey on its nega-tive side,then,consists in ridding life of petty annoyances,ob-structions,and all elements which thwart productiveness andhappiness.On its positive side it is concerned with the develop-ment of a milieu which will encourage man to put forth his bestenergies,inerease his joy in living,and induee his creative par-ticipation in life's highest values.This field of effort is not,ofcourse,limited to specialists in housing and eity planning,as itis chiefly dependent upon publie edueation,vocational analysisand training,and a wide range of devices for the inculeation ofideals and the building of character.Nevertheless,the latterprocess cannot go far unless the environing conditions are right.The chief task,therefore,of the housing specialist and the cityplanner is on the one hand the removal of those elements in the

FAQs

What does the document identify as the core of right living?

Right living is defined as creativeness, where social policy—including housing and city planning—should enable each person to make the most of himself.

How does the document describe the “first essential” for creative living?

Health is presented as the first essential, supporting self-confidence, good judgment, and sustained effort and growth.

What is the ultimate aim of housing policy according to the text?

To provide every family with a home that is healthful, safe, comfortable, private, and that fosters pride through beauty as a continuous, developing factor.

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