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GEOG 325 U2 Urban Studies!
Kabul New City, Afghanistan
#newcities
www.mudh.gov.af/en/new-kabul...
New Kabul City: A Beacon of Hope for Afghanistan’s Future | MUDL
www.mudh.gov.af
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
architizer.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
8: Al-Mutlaa Residential City
#newcities Al-Mutlaa is one of 12 cities currently in development in Kuwait. It is designed specifically for creating more public housing.
eng.yidaiyilu.gov.cn/p/245033.html
eng.yidaiyilu.gov.cn
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
7: Innovation Park, Nevada
#newcities
New city proposed by Jeffery Burns, a man who made is fortune in cryptocurrency. This city is supposed to use cryptocurrency for all of its financial needs; residents will use crypto to cut out financial middlemen.
sand-boarding.com/innovation-p...
Innovation Park: A Blockchain-backed Smart City in the Nevada Desert
Blockchain-powered smart city in Nevada's desert faces skepticism and practical challenges. Can it deliver on its grand promises?
sand-boarding.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
6: The Orbit, Canada
#newcities A new smart city to be built in the place of a farming town in Ontario. Developers want to include rooftops covered in trees in order to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. They use "squircles" (squares + circles) as their street design.
globetrender.com/2020/04/17/t...
The Orbit will be a 'next-gen community' in Canada's Ontario
Toronto-based architectural studio Partisans has released plans to turn a rural Canadian town into a smart city of the future called the Orbit
globetrender.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
5: Oceanix Busan
Oceanix is a proposed floating city off the coast of Busan, South Korea. It is supposed to hold 12,000 residents on 6.3 hectares. The project managers have gotten the mayor of the Busan to support the project.
#newcities www.ajot.com/insights/ful...
Can Oceanix Busan’s Floating City defend against sea level rise?
At the South Korean port city of Busan, a prototype 15-acre floating community is being designed as a possible defense against sea level rise, according to Marc Collins Chen, co-founder of New York-ba...
www.ajot.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
4: Smart Forest City, Mexico
#newcities This city proposed to be just south of Cancun is planning to host around 130,000 residents. They are trying to create an eco-friendly dense settlement with 2.3 trees per resident.
www.archdaily.com/927312/first...
First Smart Forest City in Mexico Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti
Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the first Smart Forest City in Mexico will focus on innovation and environmental quality.
www.archdaily.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
3: Telosa, United States
#newcities This is a new futuristic city conceived by ex-e-commerce CEO of Walmart. There isn't a definite location yet for this city; land plots in Utah, Texas, and Nevada are being considered. Plans come equipped with flying cars!
www.the-sun.com/news/1498017...
Glimpse inside futuristic new $400b US city that will be bigger than Manhattan
A BILLIONAIRE is attempting to make a new $400 billion city in the US, making space for five million residents in a desert. The city, named Telosa, was thought up by former US Walmart e-commerce CE…
www.the-sun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
#newcities peopledaily.digital/insights/kon...
2: Konza, Kenya
New city project that is being constructed in partnership with China's Donghua University. City is being designed to be an academic and technological hub. Though it was given special economic zone status, its not attracting residents.
Konza: Secrets of Kenya’s smart city without life
Konza Technopolis was never meant to be just another project—it was envisioned as the living heart of Kenya’s
peopledaily.digital
September 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1: Wescape South Africa
Really interesting new city development that's 20km outside of Cape Town. Great academic debate on urban densification v. expansion to overcome housing shortages. South African urban scholars are vehemently against the expansion project.
groundup.org.za/article/wesc...
Wescape: thriving new city or failed development?
Controversy surrounds huge West Coast project
groundup.org.za
September 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM