List of planned cities
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. Currently, Navi Mumbai is the world's largest planned city.
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Brazil
Botswana
Burma
Canada
Planned cities of Eastern Canada are notable. In Western Canada, however, virtually all cities and towns created after the 1870 Dominion Lands Act (the majority of all such cities) were planned. Most were railway towns, surveyed and subdivided by the powerful railway companies. For example, both Medicine Hat, Alberta and Swift Current, Saskatchewan were founded by the CPR during construction of the main transcontinental line. The only cities in Western Canada that grew organically were those, usually founded before 1870, that grew up around fur trade forts, police outposts, or missions.
- Batawa, Ontario
- Bramalea, Ontario, now a part of Brampton, Ontario
- Broughton, Nova Scotia (failed)
- Corner Brook, Newfoundland
- Deep River, Ontario
- Don Mills, now a part of Toronto
- Erin Mills, part of Mississauga
- Fermont, Quebec
- Gagnon, Quebec
- Guelph, Ontario
- Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland
- Kapuskasing, Ontario
- Kitimat, British Columbia
- Mount Royal, Quebec
- New Westminster, British Columbia, designed by Richard Clements Moody of the Royal Engineers to be the capital of the Colony of British Columbia.
- Oromocto, New Brunswick
- Pinawa, Manitoba
- Thompson, Manitoba
- Townsend, Ontario (failed)
- Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia
- Vaughan, Ontario
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Abruzzo
Puglia
- Segezia
- Borgo Giardinetto
- Borgo Mezzanone
- Siponto
- Tavernola
- Incoronata
- Borgo Cervaro
- Montegrosso
- Ginosa Marina
- Borgo Perrone
- Borgo Piave
- Borgo Grappa
- Porto Cesareo
- Cardigliano
Basilicata
Calabria
Campania
- Borgo Appio
- Borgo Domitio
- Licola
- Corvinia
- Farinia
Emilia Romagna
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Marche
Molise
Sardinia
- Carbonia
- Cortoghiana
- Strovina
- Fertilia
- Tramariglio
- Villaggio Calik
- Campo Giavesu
- Arborea
- Sassu
- Pompongias
- Tanca Marchesa
- Torrevecchia
- Linnas
Tuscany
Veneto
Ivory Coast
Japan
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Most Mexican cities founded during the period of New Spain were planned right 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. In recent times, a number of tourist cities have 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
- Fontvieille, started 1971 and finished in the early 1980s
- Le Portier, a district to be built in west of Fontvieille
Middle East
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Poland
- Borne Sulinowo former German military base, then Soviet secret city, and since 1993 Polish town
- Elbląg [41]
- Głogówek [42]
- Gdynia [43]
- Nowa Huta (showpiece of Socialist Realist-era urban planning), now incorporated into the Royal city of Cracow
- Starogard Gdański [44]
- Ursynów [45]
- 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 renaissance theories of the 'ideal city' and built by the architect Bernardo Morando. Zamość is a perfect example of late 16th century Renaissance urban planning ideals. [46]
- Tychy Nowe Tychy, New Tychy [47]
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
The following are not "cities" per se, but smaller developments within the nation-state of Singapore.
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey
Ukraine
- Pripyat Foundation in 1970, then the Ukrainian SSR. Abandoned in 1986.
- Slavutych
United Kingdom
(including all New Towns under the New Towns Act of 1946 and successive Acts, as well as some communities not designated under this name) See new towns in the United Kingdom.
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
United States
New communities built in the Colonial and post-Colonial era
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Augusta, Georgia
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Holyoke, Massachusetts
- Mobile, Alabama
- New Haven, Connecticut - the first planned city in America, designed in 1638.
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Richmond, Virginia
- Rogersville, Tennessee
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Salem was planned by the Moravians, later merged with Winston
- Savannah, Georgia
- Washington, D.C.
- Williamsburg, Virginia
New communities built in the nineteenth century
- Austin, Texas
- Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts
- Buffalo, New York
- DuPont, Washington
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Glendale, Ohio
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Llewellyn Park, New Jersey
- Manchester, New Hampshire
- Most of Manhattan, New York City, New York. (A Commissioners' Plan of 1811 defined the street layout of most of the borough; however, New York originated in the 1620s without a master plan. Since the grid plan is noteworthy, it is listed here.)
- Memphis, Tennessee, a grid plan with a public promenade along the Mississippi River, and four designated public squares, surveyed in 1819.
- Milledgeville, Georgia
- New Plymouth, Idaho
- Topeka, Kansas
- Parksley, Virginia
- Pullman, Illinois (now part of Chicago)
- Riverside, Illinois
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Tallahassee, Florida
- Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
New communities built in the early twentieth century
- Avondale Estates, Georgia
- Baldwin Hills Village, California
- Cerritos, California
- Chatham Village, Pittsburgh
- Commerce, California
- Coral Gables, Florida
- Fairfield, Alabama
- Highland Park, Texas (Dallas suburb)
- Industry, California
- Kingsport, Tennessee
- Longview, Washington
- Mariemont, Ohio
- Minden, Nevada
- Radburn, New Jersey
- Roland Park, Baltimore, Maryland
- Shaker Heights, Ohio
- Sugar Land, Texas
- Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, New York
- Twin Falls, Idaho
- Venice, Florida
New communities built with federal aid in the 1930s
New communities built privately in the post World War II era
New communities built in the 1960s and 1970s
- Anaheim Hills, California*
- Arcosanti, Arizona
- Audubon New Community, New York (near Buffalo, New York)
- Aventura, Florida
- Clear Lake City, Houston, Texas
- Columbia, Maryland
- Cold Spring, Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) [93]
- Coral Springs, Florida
- Coto de Caza, California
- Crofton, Maryland
- Village of Cross Keys, Maryland (see Baltimore, Maryland)
- First Colony, Sugar Land, Texas (see Sugar Land, Texas)
- Foster City, California
- Irvine, California*
- King City, Oregon
- Kingwood, Houston, Texas
- Las Colinas, Irving, Texas
- Mission Viejo, California
- Peachtree City, Georgia
- Peachtree Corners, Georgia
- Reston, Virginia
- Sugar Creek, Sugar Land, Texas (see Sugar Land, Texas)
- Sunriver, Oregon
- Woodhaven, Fort Worth, Texas
- Valley Ranch, Irving, Texas
*Both Anaheim Hills and Irvine 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 Department of Housing and Urban Development after 1970
- 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)
- 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
- Carolina Forest, South Carolina
- Celebration, Florida
- Eagle Mountain, Utah planned for 150,000
- Greatwood, Sugar Land, Texas (see Sugar Land, Texas)
- Laguna West, California
- New Territory, Sugar Land, Texas (see Sugar Land, Texas)
- Phillips Ranch, California
- Port Liberte, New Jersey
- Rancho Santa Margarita, California
- Seaside, Florida
- Southern Village, North Carolina
- Summerlin, Nevada, in the Las Vegas metropolitan area
- Suncadia, Washington
- Viera, Florida
- Westchase, Florida
- Weston, Florida
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.
Unbuilt or under construction planned cities
- Ave Maria, Florida
- Babcock Ranch, Florida – a proposed solar-powered city
- Brisbane Baylands, California
- Broadacre City
- Buckeye, Arizona – planned for 2 million
- Centennial, California
- Coyote Springs, Nevada- largest new city planned for 240,000.
- Destiny, Florida
- Douglas Ranch, Buckeye, Arizona planned for 250,000
- EPCOT
- Hunters Point Shipyard development, San Francisco, California
- Kapolei, Hawaii
- Laurent, South Dakota
- Mesa del Sol in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Miapolis, Florida
- Minnesota Experimental City
- Mountain House, San Joaquin County, California
- Newhall Ranch in Valencia, California
- Nocatee (St. Johns County, Florida)
- Paradise Valley, California
- Paulville, Texas
- Quay Valley, California
- River Islands at Lathrop, California
- Seward's Success, Alaska
- Sonoma Mountain Village Rohnert Park, California
- Sutter Pointe, California
- Tartesso in Buckeye, Arizona
- Tejon Mountain Village, California
- Treasure Island development, San Francisco, California
- Villages of Lakeview, California
- Yokohl Ranch, California
- Sterling Ranch, Colorado
- Travertine Point,California
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