Ideal city refers to a plan for a city that has been conceived in accordance with the dictates of some "rational" or "moral" objective.
Famous quotes containing the words ideal and/or city:
“The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“Yet, when the city sleeps;
When all the cries are still:
The stars and heavenly deeps
Work out a perfect will.”
—Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)