British colonial civic improvement in the early twentieth century: E. P. Richards in Madras, Calcutta, and Singapore
British colonial civic improvement in the early twentieth century: E. P. Richards in Madras, Calcutta, and Singapore
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二十世纪初英国殖民地的公民建设：E. P. 理查兹在马德拉斯、加尔各答和新加坡
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10.1080/02665433.2016.1185961
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发表时间：
2016
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0.8
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R. Home
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R. Home
E. P. 理查兹 (E. P. Richards) 1914 年的加尔各答报告已被重印为规划史上的重要文本，但与 20 世纪初活跃在英国殖民地的其他规划者（如格迪斯和里德）相比，人们对理查兹本人知之甚少。本文旨在将理查兹从默默无闻中拯救出来，并将他置于二十世纪上半叶新城市规划运动的背景下。理查兹职业生涯的基本叙述主要取自他在伦敦土木工程师学会总部的会员记录和讣告，涵盖了 1901 年至 1924 年间他在德文特河谷水务局（在 Birchinlee 模型村工作）以及加尔各答和新加坡改进信托基金的关键时期。
E. P. Richards’ Calcutta report of 1914 has been reprinted as a key text in planning history, but little is known of the man himself, compared with other planners active in the British colonies during the early twentieth century such as Geddes and Reade. This article seeks to rescue Richards from obscurity, and position him in the context of the new town planning movement in the first quarter of the twentieth century. A basic narrative of Richards’ career, taken mainly from his membership records and obituary at the Institute of Civil Engineers’ headquarters in London, covers his key periods with the Derwent Valley Water Board (working on the Birchinlee model village) and the Calcutta and Singapore Improvement Trusts between 1901 and 1924.