List of planned cities explained

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.

A

Afghanistan

Argentina

Australia

Austria

B

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

C

Canada

It is a misconception that virtually all cities and towns in Western Canada, which were created after the federal Dominion Lands Act of 1870, (the majority of all such cities), were planned. Most of these were, indeed, railway towns, founded after surveying and planning by the powerful railway companies during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's first transcontinental line or the Canadian National Railway, but this initial start generally only provided one or two streets with a few lots set out, from which the cities grew unplanned.

Chile

China

See also: New areas.

Czech Republic

D – F

Denmark

Djibouti

Egypt

Modern

Under Construction

Pre Modern

Estonia

Finland

France

G – H

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Hong Kong

See also: New towns of Hong Kong.

Hungary

I

India

Indonesia

Java

Borneo/Kalimantan

Celebes/Sulawesi

Riau Islands

Papua

Proposed New Capital City

Iran

Ancient planned cities

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Abruzzo

Basilicata

Calabria

Campania

Emilia Romagna

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Lazio

Lombardia

Marche

Molise

Puglia

Sardinia

Sicily

Tuscany

Veneto

Ivory Coast

J – L

Japan

Planned cities

All the cities in Hokkaido are planned cities.

Planned University Towns, Science Cities
New Town

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Lebanon

Lithuania

M – N

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Most Mexican cities founded during the period of New Spain were planned from the beginning. There are historical maps showing the designs of most cities; however, as time passed and the cities grew, the original planning disappeared. A number of tourist cities have recently been built, such as Cancun or Puerto Peñasco; the latest city to be planned in Mexico was Delicias. Some of these cities are:

Recent times

Monaco

Myanmar

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

O

Oman

Duqm

P

Pakistan

Palestine

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Q – R

Qatar

Romania

Russia

S

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Singapore

Towns built in the 1960s

Towns built in the 1970s

Cities built in the 1980s

Cities built in the 1990s

Cities built in the 2000s

Cities built in the 2010s

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

T

Taiwan

Turkey

1. Adana2. Adıyaman 3. Afyon(Afyonkarahisar)4. Ağrı 5. Amasya 6. Ankara7. Antalya 8. Artvin 9. Aydın 10. Balıkesir

U

Ukraine

United Kingdom

See also: New towns in the United Kingdom. This includes all new towns created under the New Towns Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68) and successive acts, as well as some communities not designated under this name. Salisbury is not listed as the chequers were part of its medieval design. Roman towns are not listed.

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

United States

New communities built in the Colonial and post-Colonial era

New communities built in the 19th century

New communities built in the early 20th century

New communities built with federal aid in the 1930s and for Defense Housing in Early 1940s

Secret cities built as part of the Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was the successful effort by the U.S. government to develop an atomic bomb during World War II.

New communities built privately in the post-World War II era

New communities built in the 1960s and 1970s

Anaheim Hills and Irvine, California; and Mililani, Hawaii, began construction in the 1970s, but have not been completed due to their size, and will not be completed for at least ten years.

New communities sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after 1970

See also: National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970.

New communities built privately in the 1980s and 1990s

New communities built privately in the 21st century

Unbuilt or under construction planned cities

Examples of unbuilt planned cities include Walt Disney's Progress City in Florida and Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City.

The following list is organized by state:

V – Z

Venezuela

Yemen

Vietnam

formerly Thủ Đức District, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City and District 2, Ho Chi Minh City

See also

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