This is a list of planned cities (sometimes known as planned communities or new towns ) by country. Additions to this list should be cities whose overall form (as opposed to individual neighborhoods or expansions) has been determined in large part in advance on a drawing board, or which were planned to a degree which is unusual for their time and place.
Argentina
Australia Canberra Churchill, Victoria Yallourn, Victoria
St. Pölten [1] (http://www.st-poelten.gv.at/ )
Don Mills, Ontario Erin Mills, Ontario Bramalea, Ontario, which was then merged into Brampton, Ontario Mont-Royal, Quebec Townsend, Ontario (failed)
Near Paris : Cergy-Pontoise, [5] (http://www.ville-cergy.fr/ ) Marne-la-Vallée, [6] (http://www.san-valmaubuee.fr ) Sénart, [7] (http://www.san-senart.fr ) Evry ,[8] (http://www.sanevry.fr ) Saint-Quentin en Yvelines [9] (http://www.san-sqy.fr ) Near Lille : Villeneuve d'Ascq Near Lyon : Isle d'Abeau Near Marseille : Rives de l'Etang de Berre Near Rouen : Val de Reuil Fos [10] (http://www.san-vnf.fr ) Versalles
Dunaújváros [11] (http://www.dunaujvaros.hu ) Eger [12] (http://www.eger.hu ) Kazincbarcika [13] (http://www.kazincbarcika.hu ) Nagykanizsa [14] (http://www.nagykanizsa.hu ) Oroszlány [15] (http://www.oroszlany.hu ) Salgótarján [16] (http://www.salgotarjan.hu ) Sopron [17] (http://www.sopron.hu ) Tatabánya [18] (http://www.tatabanya.hu ) Tiszaújváros [19] (http://www.tiszaujvaros.hu ) Zalaegerszeg [20] (http://www.zalaegerszeg.hu )
Alavi Aali shahr Andisheh Baharestan Binalud Golbahar Hashtgerd Isfahan Latian Majlesi Mohajeran Parand Pardis Poulad-shahr Ramin Ramshar Sadra Sahand Tis
Israel (Development Towns) Afula, Israel Akko, Israel Arad, Israel Ashdod, Israel Ashqelon, Israel Beer Sheva, Israel Bet-Shean, Israel Bet-Shemest, Israel Dimona, Israel Elat, Israel Hazor Hagelilit, Israel Karmiel, Israel Malot-Tarshiha, Israel Mizpe Ramon, Israel Nahariya, Israel Nazarath Illit, Israel Netivot, Israel Ofaqim, Israel Or Aquiva, Israel Qiryat Gat, Israel Qiryat Malakhi, Israel Qiryat Shemona, Israel Sederut, Israel Tiberias, Israel Yeroham, Israel Zefat, Israel see also: Israeli_settlement
Elblag [36] (http://www.elblag.pl ) Glogówek [37] (http://www.glogowek.pl ) Gdynia [38] (http://www.gdynia.pl ) Nowa Huta (showpiece of Socialist Realist-era urban planning), now incorporated into the Royal city of CracowStarogard [39] (http://www.starogard.pl ) Ursynów [40] (http://www.ursynow.pl ) Zamość A UN World Heritage site, Zamosc is the result of the opulently wealthy Polish Chancellor Jan Zamoyski 's financial empire. It is modelled on Italian renaissnace theories of the 'ideal city' and built by the architect Bernando Morando of Padua . Zamosc is a perfect example of late-16th- century Renaissance urban planning ideals. [41] (http://www.zamosc.pl/ )
Farsta [43] (http://www.farsta.stockholm.se ) Skarpnäck [44] (http://www.skarpnack.stockholm.se ) Vällingby [45] (http://www.vallingby.stockholm.se )
(including all New Towns under the New Towns Act of 1946 and successive Acts) See new towns in the United Kingdom .
England Aycliffe [46] (http://www.sedgefield.gov.uk ) Basildon [47] (http://www.basildon.gov.uk/ ) Bracknell [48] (http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk ) Chorley [49] (http://www.chorley.gov.uk ) Corby [50] (http://www.corby.gov.uk/ ) Crawley [51] (http://www.crawley.gov.uk ) Letchworth Harlow [52] (http://www.harlow.gov.uk ) Hatfield [53] (http://www.welhat.gov.uk ) Hemel Hempstead [54] (http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/hemel-hempstead/index.htm ) Milton Keynes [55] (http://www.mkweb.co.uk ) Peterborough [56] (http://www.petersborough.gov.uk ) Peterlee [57] (http://www.easington.gov.uk ) Poundbury [58] (http://www.princes-foundation.org/foundation/projdir-uep-poundbury.html ) Redditch [59] (http://www.redditchbc.gov.uk ) Runcorn [60] (http://www.halton.gov.uk/townandvillage/runcorn_new_town.asp ) Skelmersdale [61] (http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/ ) Stevenage [62] (http://www.stevenage.gov.uk ) Telford [63] (http://www.telford.gov.uk ) Warrington [64] (http://www.warrington.gov.uk ) Washington [65] (http://www.sunderland.gov.uk ) Welwyn Garden City [66] (http://www.welhat.gov.uk )
Scotland Cumbernauld [67] (http://www.northlan.gov.uk ) East Kilbride [68] (http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk ) Glenrothes [69] (http://www.fife.gov.uk/ ) Irvine [70] (http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/ ) Livingston [71] (http://www.westlothian.gov.uk )
Wales Cwmbran [72] (http://www.torfaen.gov.uk ) Newtown [73] (http://www.powys.gov.uk )
Northern Ireland Antrim [74] (http://www.antrim.gov.uk ) Ballymena [75] (http://www.ballymena.gov.uk ) Craigavon [76] (http://www.craigavon.gov.uk )
United States
New Communities built in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Era Annapolis, Maryland Augusta, Georgia Holyoke, Massachusetts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Savannah, Georgia Washington, DC
Austin, Texas Indianapolis, Indiana Pullman, Illinois (now part of Chicago)
New Communities built in the early Twentieth Century Radburn, New Jersey Sunnyside Gardens, New York, Chatham Village, Pittsburgh, Baldwin Hills Village, Los Angeles
New Communities built with Federal aid during the New Deal Boulder City, Nevada Greenbelt, Maryland [77] (http://www.greenbelt.com ) Greendale, Wisconsin [78] (http://www.greendale.org/ ) Greenhills, Ohio [79] (http://www.greenhillsohio.org/ ) Norris, Tennessee Roosevelt, New Jersey
New Communities built privately in the post World War II era Levittown, New York Levittown, Pennsylvania Rohnert Park, California Park Forest, Illinois [80] (http://findit.sos.state.il.us/PFS/birthofacity.html ) Willingboro, New Jersey
New Communities built privately or with state-aid from the 1960s and 1970s Arcosanti, Arizona Audubon New Community, New York (near Buffalo, New York) Columbia, Maryland Cold Spring, Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) [81] (http://www.baltimoremd.com/coldspring/ ) Coto de Caza, California Village of Cross Keys, Maryland (see Baltimore, Maryland) Foster City, California Irvine, California Peachtree City, Georgia Reston, Virginia
Cedar-Riverside, Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Flower Mound, Texas (Near Dallas, Texas) Gananda, New York (Near Rochester, New York) Harbison, South Carolina (Near Columbia, South Carolina) Jonathan, Minnesota (Near Minneapolis, Minnesota) Maumelle, Arkansas (Near Little Rock, Arkansas) Newfields, Ohio (Dayton, Ohio) Park Forest South, Illinois (Near Chicago, Illinois) Radisson, New York (Near Syracuse, New York) Riverton, New York (Near Rochester, New York) Roosevelt Island, New York (New York, New York) Shenandoah, Georgia (Near Atlanta, Georgia) Soul City, North Carolina (Warren County, North Carolina) St. Charles, Maryland (Charles County, Maryland) San Antonio Ranch, Texas (near San Antonio, Texas) The Woodlands, Texas (near Houston, Texas)
New Communities built privately in the 1980s and 1990s Anthem, Arizona Celebration, Florida Laguna West, California Seaside, Florida Summerlin, Nevada (see Las Vegas, Nevada) Weston, Florida
Unbuilt planned cities
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