Gaborone - never a Garden City!

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One of the more persistent claims made about Gaborone is that it was originally planned as a typical British Garden City – the most notable of such advocates being, of course, the well known Swedish town planner, Jan Wareus.

Whether it was, or it was not is perhaps a question which will interest or even bother only a small number of people – the majority, very understandably, having little idea about those British Garden Cities, when they were established and what were their special, distinguishing and distinctive characteristics.

On the other hand, the small town planning community, which is the one which will have the greatest influence on the future of Gaborone, should set aside claims which really are irrelevant to it.

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