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A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. See New Town for places with that name. ...
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Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
For other uses, see Community (disambiguation). ...
Several of the world's capital cities are planned cities, including Washington, D.C. in the United States, Canberra in Australia, Brasília in Brazil, New Delhi in India, Abuja in Nigeria and Islamabad in Pakistan; see List of purpose-built capital cities. It was also common in the European colonization of the Americas to build according to a plan either on fresh ground or on the ruins of earlier Amerindian cities. ...
For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...
Nickname: Location of BrasÃlia Coordinates: , Country Region State Brazilian Federal District Founded 21 April 1960 Government - Governor Jose Roberto Arruda Area - Total 5,802 km² (2,240. ...
This article is about the capital city of India. ...
Aso Rock Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. ...
For other places called Islamabad, see Islamabad (disambiguation). ...
This is a list of capital cities that were built from the ground up to be national or regional capitals, rather than being a pre-existing city chosen to be the capital. ...
Territories in the Americas colonized or claimed by a European great power in 1750. ...
Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...
Argentina La Plata is the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as of the partido of La Plata. The city was planned to serve as the capital of the province after Buenos Aires city was declared as the federal district in 1880. Béccar, first planned suburb in the early '30s of Buenos Aires. La Plata is the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as of the partido of La Plata. ...
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Australia Adelaide was founded by British and German colonists in 1836 to test out Edward Gibbon Wakefield's theories of systematic colonisation. Convict labour was not employed and the colony in theory would be financially self-sufficient; in practice government assistance was used in the early stages. Land had been sold before anyone set foot in the largely unexplored territory and the city (the basis for the future central business district) was surveyed and planned in a remarkably short space of time. Adelaide's design has been praised for its four-square design, choice of setting and ample parklands which have had minimal encroachment of developments. For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ...
Edward Gibbon Wakefield Edward Gibbon Wakefield (20 March 1796 – May 16, 1862) was the driving force behind much of the early colonization of South Australia, and later New Zealand. ...
The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ...
Canberra, the capital city of Australia, was established in 1908 as the Federal Capital following the federation of the six Australian colonies which formed the Commonwealth of Australia. The new nation required a capital that was located away from other major settlements such as Melbourne and Sydney. Canberra is thus located in a Territory - the Australian Capital Territory - and not a State. Prior to this time the land that Canberra is found on was nothing more than farming land and forest. For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...
Capital Canberra Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator none Chief Minister Jon Stanhope (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 2 - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2006) - Product ($m) $19,167 (6th) - Product per capita $57,303/person (1st) Population (End of November 2006) - Population 333,667 (7th) - Density 137. ...
In 1912, after an extensive planning competition was completed, the vision of American Walter Burley Griffin was chosen as the winning design for the city. Extensive construction and public works were required to complete the city, this involved the flooding of a large parcel of land to form the center piece of the city, Lake Burley Griffin. Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin, in Sydney in 1930 Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 - February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australias capital city. ...
Unlike some other Australian cities, the road network, suburbs, parks and other elements of the city were designed in context with each other, rather than haphazard planning as witnessed in much of Sydney. Notable buildings include the High Court, Federal Parliament, Government House, War Memorial, Anzac Parade and headquarters of the Department of Defence. This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ...
Leeton and Griffith in New South Wales are also cities, planned by Walter Burley Griffin. Leeton is a town and Local Government Area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. ...
NSW redirects here. ...
Belgium Louvain-la-Neuve, built for the Université catholique de Louvain. Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catholic University of Leuven (french-speaking). ...
Bosnia-Herzegovina Slobomir is a new town in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its name means: "the city of freedom and peace". It is located on the Drina river near Bijeljina. It was founded by Slobodan Pavlović, a Bosnian philanthropist. It aims to be one of the major cities of post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. In fact, the city will be located in two countries, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia, although majority of it will be in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is named after its founder, Slobodan Pavlović, and his wife, Mira. Skycraper called Pavlovics Tower represents a symbol of a new city on river Drina Slobomir, that has been planned to be built in a central part of a city, 177 meter hight with 37 stories Slobomir is the name of a new town in Bosnia-Herzegovina (notably Republika Srpska...
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Bijeljina (Serbian Cyrillic: Бијељина) is a town and municipality in northeastern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, or reputation to a charitable cause. ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina (also variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ...
Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ...
Brazil The country's capital, Brasília, was a planned city built in the middle of the vast empty center of Brazil, at that time (1960) thousands of kilometers from any big city. It was built in four years and concrete needed to be transported occasionally by airplane. Nickname: Location of BrasÃlia Coordinates: , Country Region State Brazilian Federal District Founded 21 April 1960 Government - Governor Jose Roberto Arruda Area - Total 5,802 km² (2,240. ...
The former capital of Brazil was Rio de Janeiro, and the resources tended to be concentrated in the southeast region of Brazil. While in part the city was built because there was the need for a neutral federal capital, the main reason was to promote the development of Brazil's hinterland and better integrate the entire territory of Brazil. Brasília is approximately at the geographical center of Brazilian territory. This article is about the Brazilian city. ...
The meaning of hinterland and its history. ...
The city is designed in the shape of an airplane, despite the fact that Lúcio Costa insists he shaped it like a butterfly. Housing and offices are situated on giant superblocks, everything following the original plan. The plan specifies which zones are residential, which zones are commercial, where industries can settle, where official buildings can be built, the maximum height of buildings, etc. Airplane and Aeroplane redirect here. ...
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Superfamilies and families Superfamily Hedyloidea: Hedylidae Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. ...
Other notable planned cities in Brazil include Belo Horizonte (inaugurated in 1897), Goiânia, Palmas, Londrina, and Maringá (the latter two in the state of Paraná). Nickname: Location in Brazil Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region State Minas Gerais Founded 1901 Incorporated (as city) December 12, 1897 Government - Mayor Fernando da Mata Pimentel (PT) Area - City 330. ...
Nickname: Location in the state of Goiás. ...
Palmas is the capital of the Brazilian state of Tocantins. ...
Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of the Paraná, Brazil, and is the 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. ...
Maringá is a city in southern Brazil that was founded on May 10, 1947. ...
Capital (and largest city) Curitiba Demonym Paranaense Government - Governor Roberto Requião - Vice Governor Orlando Pessuti Area - Total 281. ...
Bulgaria The cities of Stara Zagora and Kazanlak, in central Bulgaria, were rebuilt as planned cities after they were burnt to the ground in the 1877-1878 Russia-Turkey War. Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: ) is a city in the cental part of Southern Bulgaria, and represents an important economic center. ...
Kazanlak (Bulgarian: ) is a town located in Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria. ...
Canada When Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald began to settle the West in Canada, he put the project under the command of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The CPR exercised complete control over the development of land under its ownership. The federal government granted every second square mile section (totalling 101,000 km²) along the proposed railway line route to the CPR. The CPR decided where to place railway stations, and thus would decide where the dominant town of the area would be. In most instances the CPR would build a station on an empty section of land to make the largest profit from land sales — meaning that the CPR founded many of the Canadian West's towns, such as Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw, from scratch. If an existing town was close to the newly constructed station but on land not owned by the CPR, the town was forced to move itself to the new site and reconstruct itself, essentially building a new town. Calgary and Yorkton, Saskatchewan, were among the towns that had to move themselves. Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas Politics Portal The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ...
For other persons named John Alexander Macdonald, see John Alexander Macdonald (disambiguation). ...
An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ...
The politics of Canada function within a framework of constitutional monarchy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. ...
Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ...
Nickname: Location of Medicine Hat in Alberta Coordinates: , Country Province Region Southern Alberta Census division 1 Settled 1883 Incorporated October 31, 1898 (town) Incorporated May 9, 1906 (city) Government - Mayor Normand Boucher - Governing body Medicine Hat City Council - MP Monte Solberg –(Cons - Medicine Hat) - MLAs Rob Renner –(PC - Medicine Hat...
Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River 71 km (45 miles) west of Regina. ...
Calgary is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ...
Yorkton is a city in the south-east of Saskatchewan, Canada, near the Manitoba border. ...
After the CPR established a station at a particular site, it would plan how the town would be constructed. The side of the tracks with the station would go to business, while the other side would go to warehouses. Furthermore, the CPR controlled where major buildings went (by giving the town free land to build it where the CPR wanted it to go), the construction of roads and the placement and organization of class-structured residential areas. A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ...
The CPR's influence over the development of the Canadian west's communities was one of the earliest examples of new town construction in the modern world. Later influences on planned community development in Canada were the exploitation of her mineral and forest wealth, usually in remote locations of the vast country. Among numerous company towns planned and built for these purposes were Corner Brook and Grand Falls in Newfoundland, Témiscaming and Fermont in Quebec. A company town is a town or city in which most or all real estate, buildings (both residential and commercial), utilities, hospitals, small businesses such as grocery stores and gas stations, and other necessities or luxuries of life within its borders are owned by a single company. ...
Corner Brook (2006 pop. ...
Grand Falls-Windsor is a community in north-central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ...
The mill on the Ottawa River at Temiscaming, Quebec. ...
Fermont is a French-speaking town in northeastern Quebec, Canada. ...
In the modern suburban context, the Erin Mills Development located in the larger, incorporated city of Mississauga, Ontario is likely the largest planned suburban development or New Town in Canada. Phased development began in the early 1970s and continues to this day. Another example would be the Cornell development in Markham, Ontario also near Toronto, much of which incorporates housing "wired up" for the high-speed internet access. Erin Mills is a planned community or New town part of the City of Mississauga, located approximately 32km (20 miles) west of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
For the First Nation, see Mississaugas. ...
Map showing Markhams location in York Region Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Ontario Regional Municipality York Region Communities Buttonville, Thornhill, German Mills, Milliken, Unionville Settled 1794 Incorporated 1972 (town) Government - Mayor Frank Scarpitti - Deputy Mayor Jim Jones - Regional Councillors Jack Heath, Tony Wong, Gordon Landon - MPs Susan Kadis (LPC) - Thornhill...
China Many ancient cities in China, especially for those on the northern China plain, were carefully designed according to the Feng Shui theory, featuring square or rectangular city wall, rectilinear road grid, and symmetrical layout. Famous examples are: Changan in Tang dynasty and Beijing. Fēng Shuǐ (風水 – literally, wind and water pronounced fung shuway), which may be more than 3000 years old, is the ancient practice of placement to achieve harmony with the environment. ...
For the town in the Guangdong province of China, see Changan Town Changan (Simplified Chinese: 长安; Traditional Chinese: 長安; pinyin: Chángān; Wade_Giles: Chang_an) is the ancient capital of more than 10 dynasties in China. ...
For the band, see Tang Dynasty (band). ...
Peking redirects here. ...
In modern China, many special economic zones are developed from the sketch, for example, Pu Dong new district or Shenzhen. A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws different from a countrys typical economic laws. ...
Pudong seen from the Bund Pudong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ), officially known as Pudong New District (浦æ±æ–°å€, pinyin: PÇ”dÅng XÄ«n QÅ«), is a district of Shanghai, China. ...
Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China. ...
Côte d'Ivoire See entry for Yamoussoukro, the all transformed village of the former and first president Felix Houphouët-Boigny, which is now the official capital of the country. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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Finland The city of Helsinki was rebuilt on a rocky peninsula near the sea in 1812 by decree of Alexander I, Grand-duke of Finland. The New Town was to become the capital for the new Grand Duchy of Finland. The planner of the New Town was Carl Ludvig Engel. Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government - Mayor Jussi Pajunen Area - Total 187. ...
The main building of the University of Helsinki. ...
Tapiola is a post-war garden city on the edge of Espoo. This article is about the place in Finland. ...
Garden City is the name of several places around the world. ...
Founded 1972 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area - Of which land - Rank 528 km² 312 km² ranked 279th Population - Density - Change - Rank 229,443 (2005) 729 inh. ...
Various "ekokyläs", "ecological villages".
France Many new cities, called bastides, were founded from the 12th to 14th centuries in southeast France, where the Hundred Years War took place, in order to replace destroyed cities and organize defence and growth. Among those, Monpazier, Beaumont, Villereal are good examples. Bastides are fortified towns built in medieval France starting around 1229, the date of the first recorded bastide. ...
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Monpazier is a Bastide town in the Dordogne region of France. ...
// Beaumont can refer to: Places In Australia Beaumont, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide In Belgium Beaumont, Belgium, in the province of Hainaut In Canada Beaumont, Alberta, Canada In France Beaumont, Ardèche, in the Ardèche département Beaumont, Corrèze, in the Corrèze département Beaumont, Gers...
Cardinal Richelieu founded the small Baroque town of Richelieu, Indre et Loire, which remains largely unchanged. Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (September 9, 1585 – December 4, 1642), was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. ...
Indre-et-Loire is a département in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers. ...
A program of new towns (French Ville nouvelle) was developed in the mid-1960s to try and control the expansion of cities. Nine villes nouvelles were created.
This article is about the capital of France. ...
Cergy-Pontoise is an agglomeration in France, in the Val dOise départment, northwest of Paris on the Oise River. ...
Marne-la-Vallée is a new town located near Paris, France. ...
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a communauté dagglomération in the French département of Yvelines. ...
For other uses, see Lille (disambiguation). ...
Saint-Pierre dAscq church Located between Lille and Roubaix, at the crossroads of the principal freeways towards Paris, Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels, Villeneuve dAscq (which means New city of Ascq in French) is one of the principal cities of the communauté urbaine Lille Métropole. ...
This article is about the French city. ...
City flag Coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, the city of Massilia shines The Old Port of Marseille Location Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Coordinates Administration Country Region Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Department Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Intercommunality Urban...
Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ...
Hong Kong The area of Hong Kong is very mountainous and many places in the New Territories have limited access to roads. Hong Kong started developing new towns in the 1950s, to accommodate booming populations. In the early days the term "satellite towns" was used. The very first new towns included Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong. Wah Fu Estate was built in a remote corner on Hong Kong Island, with similar concepts in a smaller scale. A major road, Kwong Fuk Road in Tai Po, a town in the New Territories. ...
Tsuen Wan New Town is a new town in Hong Kong. ...
Kwun Tong (Traditional Chinese: ; originally 官塘) is an area in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ...
Wah Fu Estate Wah Fu Estate (Chinese: è¯å¯Œé‚¨) is a public housing estate located by the Kellett Bay, Southern District, Hong Kong. ...
The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: XiÄnggÇŽngdÇŽo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory...
In the late 1960s and the 1970s, another stage of new town developments was launched. Nine new towns have been developed so far. Land use is carefully planned and development provides plenty of room for public housing projects. Rail transport is usually available at a later stage. The first towns are Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun and Tseung Kwan O. Tuen Mun was intended to be self-reliant, but was not successful and turned into a bedroom community like the other new towns. More recent developments are Tin Shui Wai and North Lantau (Tung Chung-Tai Ho). Sha Tin New Town (Traditional Chinese: ) is one of the new towns in Hong Kong. ...
Tsuen Wan New Town is a new town in Hong Kong. ...
Tuen Mun New Town (屯門新市鎮) is a new town developed by Hong Kong Government in Tuen Mun of the New Territories, Hong Kong in 1970s. ...
Tseung Kwan O (Chinese: å°‡è»æ¾³, Cantonese Jyutping: zoeng1 gwan1 ou3; Cantonese IPA: ; Mandarin Pinyin: JiÄngjÅ«n Aò; formerly Junk Bay) is a new town in Hong Kong, mainly built on reclaimed land in the northern half of the bay after which it is named. ...
Tuen Mun New Town (屯門新市鎮) is a new town developed by Hong Kong Government in Tuen Mun of the New Territories, Hong Kong in 1970s. ...
Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey A bedroom community, dormitory town, or commuter town is a community that is primarily residential in character, with most of its workers commuting to a nearby town or city to earn their livelihood. ...
Tin Shui Wai New Town (天水åœæ–°å¸‚鎮) is located in northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. ...
The North Lantau New Town (Traditional Chinese: ), built on reclaimed land from the northern coast of the Lantau Island in the New Territories, is the newest among the nine new towns in Hong Kong. ...
Hungary All Hungarian planned cities were built in the second half of the 20th century when a program of rapid industrialization was implemented by the communist government. Dunaújváros (1951–1961 Sztálinváros) is a city in Central Hungary, along the Danube (Hungarian name: Duna) river. ...
Tiszaújváros is an industrial town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 35 km south-east of Miskolc, near the river Tisza. ...
Kazincbarcika is the third largest city of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. ...
Tatabánya is a city with county rights in Hungary in the Northern Transdanubian region. ...
India
Indus Valley Civilization A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture is evident in the Indus Valley civilization of ancient India and Pakistan from around 2600 BC. The quality of municipal city planning suggests knowledge of urban planning and efficient municipal governments which placed a high priority on hygiene. The streets of major cities such as Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, the world's earliest planned cities, were laid out in a perfect grid pattern, comparable to that of present day New York City. The houses were protected from noise, odors, and thieves. Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ...
The History of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent from 3300 to 1700 BCE. This Bronze Age civilization was followed by the Iron Age Vedic period, which witnessed the rise of major kingdoms known as the Mahajanapadas. ...
A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...
Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Local government of the United States. ...
Hygiene refers to practices associated with ensuring good health and cleanliness. ...
Mohenjo-daro (literally, mound of the dead), like Harappa, was a city of the Indus Valley civilization. ...
Location of Harappa in the Indus Valley. ...
A simple grid plan road map (Windermere, Florida). ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
As seen in Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, and the recently discovered Rakhigarhi, this urban plan included the world's first urban sanitation systems. Within the city, individual homes or groups of homes obtained water from wells. From a room that appears to have been set aside for bathing, waste water was directed to covered drains, which lined the major streets. Houses opened only to inner courtyards and smaller lanes. Location of Harappa in the Indus Valley. ...
Mohenjo-daro (literally, mound of the dead), like Harappa, was a city of the Indus Valley civilization. ...
Rakhigarhi, or Rakhi Garhi, is a village in Hissar district in the northwest Indian state of Haryana, around 150 kilometers from Delhi. ...
E. Coli bacteria under magnification Sanitation is the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste, as well as the policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures. ...
Village pump redirects here, for information on Wikipedia project-related discussions, see Wikipedia:Village pump. ...
Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. ...
A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. ...
The ancient Indus systems of sewage and drainage that were developed and used in cities throughout the Indus Empire were far more advanced than any found in contemporary urban sites in the Middle East and even more efficient than those in some areas of modern Pakistan and India today. The advanced architecture of the Harappans is shown by their impressive dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls. Sewage is the mainly liquid waste containing some solids produced by humans which typically consists of washing water, faeces, urine, laundry waste and other material which goes down drains and toilets from households and industry. ...
Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area. ...
A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
The Indus Valley Civilization existed along the Indus River and the Vedic Sarasvati River in present-day Pakistan. ...
Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ...
Granary at Thiruparaithurai, Kumbakonam (old temple town), built around 1600-1634 A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. ...
Old warehouses in Amsterdam Inside Green Logistics Co. ...
Medieval India A number of medieval Indian cities were planned including: Udaipur (उदयपà¥à¤°) is a city and a municipal council in Udaipur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. ...
, RÄjasthÄn (DevanÄgarÄ«: राजसà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤¨, IPA: ) is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ...
Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. ...
View across Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Sikri (Hindi: ) was the political capital of Indias Mughal Empire under Akbars reign, from 1571 until 1585, when it was abandoned, ostensibly due to lack of water. ...
For other uses, see Agra (disambiguation). ...
Capital Delhi / Agra Language(s) Persian (initially also Chagatai, Turkish; later also Urdu) Government Monarchy Emperor - 1526-1530 Babur - 1530–1539 and after restoration 1555–1556 Humayun - 1556–1605 Akbar - 1605–1627 Jahangir - 1628–1658 Shah Jahan - 1659–1707 Aurangzeb History - Established April 21, 1526 - Ended September 21, 1857 Area...
Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar ( JalÄl ud-DÄ«n Mohammad Akbar), also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October 24, 1542 – October 17 or October 27, 1605)[3][4] was the son of Nasiruddin Humayun whom he succeeded as ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605. ...
Hampi (Kannada: ಹಂಪೆ, Hampe in Kannada) is a village in northern Karnataka state, India. ...
This article is about the Indian region. ...
The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ...
Vijayanagara (often written Vijayanagar), in northern Karnataka, is the name of the now ruined capital city of the historic Vijayanagar empire in the Southern part of India. ...
Vijayanagara (often written Vijayanagar), in northern Karnataka, is the name of the now ruined capital city of the historic Vijayanagar empire in the Southern part of India. ...
The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ...
, Jaipur (Hindi: जयपà¥à¤°, Rajasthan Capital), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ...
Capital City is a 60-minute television show produced by Euston Films that ran for 13 episodes in 1989 on ITV. This drama focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman. ...
, RÄjasthÄn (DevanÄgarÄ«: राजसà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤¨, IPA: ) is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ...
List of urban theorists, in alphabetical order: Christopher Alexander Donald Appleyard Manuel Castells Richard Florida Joel Garreau Sir Peter Hall David Harvey Jane Jacobs Kevin Lynch Lewis Mumford Witold Rybczynski See also List of urban planners List of planned communities New town Urban design Urban economics Urban planner Urban planning...
Republic of India The period following independence saw India being defined into smaller geographical regions. New states such as Gujarat were formed with planned capital cities including: This article is for the Indian state. ...
This article is about the capital city of India. ...
For Greater Noida see Greater Noida , NOIDA is the acronym for New Okhla Industrial Development Area that is under the management of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (also, NOIDA). ...
, Chandigarh (Punjabi: , Hindi: , pronunciation: ) also called The City Beautiful , is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana. ...
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-born architect and writer, who is famous for his contributions to what now is called Modern Architecture. ...
, Panchkula (Hindi: , Punjabi: ) is a planned city in Panchkula District, Haryana, India. ...
, Mohali (Punjabi: , ) is a city adjacent to Chandigarh, 18th District in Punjab, India. ...
Bhubaneswarଭୂବନେଶ୍ଵର is the capital of the state of Orissa (ancient Kalinga). ...
, Orissa (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ...
Gandhinagar (Gujarati: ગાંધીનગર, Hindi: गाà¤à¤§à¥€à¤¨à¤—र) is the capital of Gujarat State, India. ...
, Chandigarh (Punjabi: , Hindi: , pronunciation: ) also called The City Beautiful , is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana. ...
Dispur is the capital of Assam, a state in northeast India. ...
, Navi Mumbai (Marathi: नवी मà¥à¤‚बई, IAST: ) (erstwhile: New Bombay) is a twin of Mumbai city, India. ...
Iran In the period of the Persian Safavid Empire, Isfahan, the Persian capital, was built according to a planned scheme, consisting of a long boulevard and planned housing and green areas around it. The Safavids were a long-lasting Turkic-speaking Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736 and first established Shiite Islam as Persias official religion. ...
Part of Shah Abbas large urban project in his new capital, the ChahÄr BÄgh Four Gardens, is a four-kilometer avenue in the city of Isfahan. ...
In modern day Iran more than 20 planned cities have been developed or are under construction, mostly around Iran's main metropolitan areas such as Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz. Some of these new cities are build for special purposes such as: For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ...
Part of Shah Abbas large urban project in his new capital, the ChahÄr BÄgh Four Gardens, is a four-kilometer avenue in the city of Isfahan. ...
Eram Garden, Shiraz most popular garden. ...
Tabriz (Azeri and Persian: تبریز; is the largest city in north-western Iran with an estimated population of 1,597,319 (2007 est. ...
- Pardis which is built as a scientific city.
- Poulad-Shahr which is an industrious city built for the housing of Isfahan's steel industry workers.
- Shirin Shahr which is to provide housing for the sugar industry personnel.
- Tehranpars which was built to house Tehran's additional population.
- Shahrak-e Gharb , built as a massive project of modern apartment buildings.
- Parand which is intended to provide residences for the staff of Imam Khomeini International Airport.
- Shushtar New Town which was built to provide housing for the employees of a sugar cane processing plant.
576,000 people have been planned to be settled in Iran's new towns by the year 2005. Pardis is a new planned city in the Tehran Province of Iran. ...
Poulad-Shahr is one of the planned cities of Iran in the Isfahan province. ...
Shirin Shahr is a new planned city in the Khuzestan province of Iran. ...
Tehranpars or Tehran Pars (in Persian: تهران‌پارس) is a planned city inside the Greater Tehran Area. ...
Shahrak-e Gharb (in Persian شهرک غرب) (or Shahrak-e Qods) is a planned town built as a massive project of modern apartment buildings in the western part of Tehran, Iran. ...
The planned city of Parand is situated 35 km from Robatkarim on the way to Saveh in the province of Tehran in Iran. ...
, For the similarly named Swedish furniture company, see IKEA. For the company IKA, see Industrias Kaiser Argentina. ...
Shushtar Shûshtar is an ancient fortress city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. ...
For a list of Iran's modern planned cities see: List of Iran's planned cities. Planned cities in Iran: Alavi Aali shahr Andisheh Baharestan Binalud Golbahar Hashtgerd Isfahan Latian Majlesi Mohajeran Parand Pardis Poulad-shahr Ramin Ramshar Sadra Sahand Tis ...
Ireland Londonderry (see Derry) was the first ever planned city in Ireland. Work began on building the new city across the River Foyle from the ancient town of Derry (Doire Cholm Chille or Doire) in 1613. The walls were actually completed 5 years later in 1618. The central diamond within a walled city with four gates was thought to be a good design for defence.[1] For other places with similar names, see Derry (disambiguation) and Londonderry (disambiguation). ...
For other places with similar names, see Derry (disambiguation) and Londonderry (disambiguation). ...
Ireland, Republic of In the Republic of Ireland, as in the United Kingdom, the term "new town" is often used to refer to planned towns built after World War II which were discussed as early as 1941. The term "new town" in Ireland was also used for some earlier developments, notably during the Georgian era. Part of Limerick city was built in a planned fashion as "Newtown Pery". A Georgian house in Salisbury For the unrelated architecture of the country Georgia, see Architecture of Georgia (country). ...
For other uses, see Limerick (disambiguation). ...
In 1961 the first new town of Shannon was commenced and a target of 6,000 inhabitants was set. This has since been exceeded. Shannon is of some regional importance today as an economic centre (with the Shannon Free Zone and Shannon International Airport), but until recently failed to expand in population as anticipated. Since the late 1990s, and particularly in the early 2000s, the population has been expanding at a much faster rate, with town rejuvenation, new retail and entertainment facilities and many new housing developments. Shannon Town or Shannon (Irish: An tSionna) is located in County Clare and is the only new town in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Shannon Free Zone is a 2. ...
Shannon Airport (IATA Airport Code; SNN, ICAO Airport Code; EINN) is Irelands main transatlantic airport. ...
It was not until 1967 that the Wright Report planned four towns in County Dublin. These were Blanchardstown, Clondalkin, Lucan and Tallaght but in actuality this was reduced to Blanchardstown, Lucan-Clondalkin and Tallaght. Each of these towns has approximately 50,000 inhabitants today. Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Ãtha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Ãtha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city...
Blanchardstown (Baile Bhlainséir in Irish) is a sprawling suburb of Dublin, Ireland. ...
Clondalkin (Cluain Dolcáin in Irish, meaning Dolcans meadow) is a town/suburb and parish 10 km west of Dublin City, Ireland, situated in South County Dublin. ...
Lucan redirects here. ...
// WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference O093265 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 90 m Population (2006) 64,282 Tallaght (Irish:Tamhlacht), is a large town within the traditional county of Dublin in Ireland. ...
The most recent new town in Ireland is Adamstown in County Dublin. Building commenced in 2005 and it is anticipated that occupation will commence late in 2006 with the main development of 10,500 units being completed within a ten year timescale. Adamstown will be the first new town created in the Republic of Ireland since Shannon Town in 1982. ...
Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Ãtha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Ãtha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city...
Israel According to politics of country settlement a number of planned cities were created in peripheral regions. Those cities also known as Development Towns. The most successful is Ashdod with more than 200,000 inhabitants, a port and developed infrastracture. Other cities that were developed following lineation plan are Karmiel and Arad. Many Israeli settlements characteristically follow this model, including towns like Modi'in Illit and Betar Illit. Hebrew Founded in 1956 Government City (from 1968) District South Population 204,400 (2005) Jurisdiction 60,000 dunams (60 km²) Mayor Zvi Zilker Ashdod (Hebrew: ‎; Arabic: , Isdud), located in the Southern District of Israel towards the south of the Israeli Coastal Plain, is a city of over 200,000 people...
Port of Ashdod The Port of Ashdod is Israels main cargo port. ...
Karmiel Karmiel is a city in northern Israel. ...
For the archaeological site, see Tel Arad. ...
Map of Israeli settlements (magenta) in the West Bank. ...
Modiin Illit () is an Israeli settlement in Samaria (Northern West Bank). ...
Betar Illit (ביתר עילית; unofficially also spelled Beitar Illit -- Illit is pronounced: Eeleet) is an Israeli town in Gush Etzion, a group of villages and towns in the Northern Judea region of the West Bank. ...
Italy In the past centuries several new towns have been planned in Italy. One of the most famous is Pienza, close to Siena, a Renaissance city, also called The Ideal Town or Utopia Town. Between 1459 and 1462 the most famous architects of Italy worked there for the Pope Pius II and built the city centre of the small town. Pienza, a town and commune in the province of Siena, in the Val dOrcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the touchstone of Renaissance urbanism. ...
Piazza del Campo Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. ...
This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ...
In early 20th century, during the fascist government of Benito Mussolini, many new cities were founded, the most prominent being Littoria (renamed Latina after the fall of the Fascism). The city was inaugurated on December 18 of the same year. Littoria was populated with immigrants coming from Northern Italy, mainly from Friuli and Veneto Mussolini redirects here. ...
Latina is the capital of the province of Latina in the region Latium in Italy. ...
is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Friulian Coats of Arms Friuli (Furlan: Friûl, German: Friaul, Slovenian: Furlanija) is an area in northeastern Italy, comprising the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. ...
Veneto or Venetia, is one of the 20 regions of Italy. ...
The great Sicilan earthquake of 1693 forced the complete rebuilding on new plans of many towns. Illustration 1: Sicilian Baroque. ...
Other well known new cities are located close to Milan in the metropolitan area. Crespi d'Adda, a few kilometres east of Milan along the Adda River, was settled by the Crespi family. It was the first Ideal Worker's City in Italy, built close to the cotton factory. Today Crespi d'Adda is part of the Unesco World Heritage List. Cusano Milanino was settled in the first years of the 20th century in the formerly small town of Cusano. It was built as a new green city, rich in parks, villas, large boulevards and called Milanino (Little Milan). In the 1970s in the eastern metropolitan area of Milan a new city was built by Silvio Berlusconi. It was called Milano 2. It is a garden city for the upper classes. In the 1980s another 2 new cities were built by Berlusconi: Milano 3 and Milano Visconti. Each new city has around 12,000 inhabitants. Type Anti-tank Nationality Joint France/Germany Era Cold War, modern Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle, Fortification History Builder MBDA, Bharat Dynamics (under license) Date of design 70s Production period since 1972 Service duration since 1972 Operators 41 countries Variants MILAN 1, MILAN 2, MILAN 2T, MILAN 3, MILAN...
The Crespi factory Crespi dAdda is a worker village in Italy founded in the 19th century. ...
Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
Ossimo is a town and comune in the province of Milan, in Lombardy. ...
(born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ...
Japan Borrowing from the New Town movement in the UK, some 30 new towns have been built in Japan all over the country. Most of these constructions were initiated during the period of rapid economic growth in the 1960s, but construction continued into the 1980s. Most of them are located near Tokyo and the Kansai region. Some towns, (Senri New Town, Tama New Town) do not provide much employment, and many of the residents commute to the nearby city. These towns fostered the infamous congestion of commuter trains (although as the metropolitan areas have grown, this commute has become relatively short in comparison to commutes from the new urban fringe). For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ...
The Kansai (Japanese: 関西) region of Japan, also known as the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihÅ), lies in the Southern-Central region of Japans main island, Honshu. ...
Tama New Town is a massive residential development straddling the municipalities of Hachioji, Tama, Inagi and Machida cities on the western flank of Tokyo, Japan. ...
Other New Towns act as industrial/academic agglomerations (sangyo-shuseki) (Tsukuba Science City, Kashima Port Town). These areas attempt to create an all-inclusive environment for daily living, in accordance with Uzō Nishiyama's "life-spheres" principle.
Japan has also developed the concept of new towns to what Manuel Castells and Sir Peter Hall call technopolis. The technopolis program of the 1980s has precedents in the New Industrial Cities Act of the 60s. These cities are largely modeled after Tsukuba Academic New Town in that they attempt to agglomerate high-tech resources together in a campus-like environment. Manuel Castells (full Spanish name: Manuel Castells Oliván[1]; born 1942 in HellÃn, Albacete, Spain) is a sociologist, particularly associated with research into the information society and communications. ...
Sir Peter Hall is Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, University College London and President of the Town and Country Planning Association. ...
Technopolis is a term coined from the word technology and the suffix -polis, which means city in Greek. ...
In the past, the Japanese government had proposed relocating the capital to a planned city, but this plan was cancelled.
Overall, the Japan's New Town program consists of a many diverse projects, most of which focus on a primary function, but also aspire to create an all-inclusive urban environment. Japan's New Town program is heavily informed by the Anglo-American Garden City tradition, American neighborhood design, as well as Soviet strategies of industrial development.
In 2002 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced the end of new town construction, although the new towns continue to receive government funding and redevelopment.
Sources:
Ministry of Construction, Japan International Cooperation Agency, City Bureau. 1975? City Planning in Japan.
Hein, Carola. 2003. “Visionary Plans and Planners: Japanese Traditions and Western Influences,” in Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective, Nicholas Fiévé and Paul Waley, eds. New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 309-43.
Scott, W. Stephen. 2006. Just Housing? Evidence of Garden City Principles in a Postwar Japanese New Town. Undergraduate diss. New College of Florida.
Korea New Songdo City is a planned international business centre to be developed on 6 square kilometres of reclaimed land along Incheon's waterfront, 65 kilometres south of Seoul and connected to Incheon International Airport by a 10 kilometre highway bridge. This 10-year development project is estimated to cost in excess of $24 billion, making it the largest private development project ever undertaken anywhere in the world. New Songdo City is a master-planned international business center to be developed on 1,500 acres of reclaimed land along Incheons waterfront, 40 miles south of Seoul and connected to the new Incheon International Airport by a 6-mile highway bridge. ...
Malta The fortified cities of Senglea and Valletta were both built on a grid plan by the Knights of Malta in the 16th Century. Senglea is a fortified city in the east of Malta, mainly in the Grand Harbour area. ...
Valletta (Maltese: , commonly referred to as Il-Belt - The City) is the capital city of Malta. ...
A simple grid plan road map (Windermere, Florida). ...
The Knights Hospitaller (also known as Knights of Rhodes, Knights of Malta, Cavaliers of Malta, and the Order of St. ...
Mexico Tenochtitlan (pronounced [tɛnɔtɕtɪtɬaːn]) was the capital of the Aztec empire, which was built on an island in Lake Texcoco in what is now the Federal District in central Mexico. The city was largely destroyed in the 1520s by Spanish conquistadores. Mexico City was erected on top of the ruins and, over the ensuing centuries, most of Lake Texcoco has gradually been drained. Tenochtitlan, looking east. ...
Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic...
Lake Texcoco is a lake in Mexico. ...
A Conquistador (Spanish: []) (English: Conqueror) was a Spanish soldier, explorer and adventurer who took part in the gradual invasion and conquering of much of the Americas and Asia Pacific, bringing them under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries. ...
Nickname: Location of Mexico City Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ...
Malaysia See entries for Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, and the Multimedia Super Corridor. Motto: Bandar raya Taman, Bandar raya Bestari (English :Garden City, Intelligent City ) Coordinates: , Country State Establishment 1995, October 19th Made into Federal Territory 2001, February 1st Government - Administered by Perbadanan Putrajaya Putrajaya Corporation - Chairman Samsudin Osman Area - City 46 km² (17. ...
Cyberjaya is a new planned township with a science park as the core that forms a key part of the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia. ...
Situated in Malaysia, the Multimedia Super Corridor is a Government designated zone, designed to leapfrog Malaysia into the information and knowledge age. ...
Morocco See entries for : Meknes is a city in northern Morocco 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. ...
Moulay Ismail the Bloodthirsty (1675-1727) was a Moroccan ruler. ...
Essaouira (Arabic: , eṣ-ṣauīrah; formerly known as Mogador, its old Portuguese name) is a city and tourist resort in Morocco, on the Atlantic coast. ...
For other uses, see Casablanca (disambiguation). ...
See also: Casablanca The area which is today Casablanca, Morocco, was orginally settled by Berbers in the 7th century. ...
Nigeria See entries for : Abuja the newly built inland federal capital of the country, as the crossroad of the three major ethnic groups. Aso Rock Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. ...
Netherlands One province of The Netherlands, Flevoland (pop. 370,000 (2006)), was reclaimed from IJsselmeer. Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...
Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. ...
Traditional boat on the IJsselmeer Landsat photo The IJsselmeer (or Lake IJssel) is a shallow lake of some 1250 km² in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland, with an average depth of 5 to 6 m. ...
After a flood in 1916, it was decided that the Zuiderzee, an inland sea within the Netherlands, would be closed and reclaimed. In 1932, the Afsluitdijk was completed, which closed off the sea completely. The Zuiderzee was subsequently called IJsselmeer and its previously salty water became fresh. Landsat photo The Zuider Zee (Dutch: Zuiderzee, pronounced ZIGH-der-zee) was a former shallow inlet of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km inland and at most 50 km wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 meters and a coastline...
The first part of the new lake that was reclaimed was the Noordoostpolder (Northeast polder). This new land included, among others, the former island of Urk and it was included with the province of Overijssel. After this, other parts were also reclaimed: the eastern part in 1957 (Oost-Flevoland) and the southern part (Zuid-Flevoland) in 1968. The municipalities on the three parts voted to become a separate province, which happened in 1986. The capital of Flevoland is Lelystad, but the biggest city is
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