NEW TOWNS IN THE DESERT-DESERTED NEW TOWNS?
The article provides evidence that there are lessons to be learnt from currently thriving globalised new towns for de-congesting new towns, both located in the vicinity of urban agglomerations in the Middle East and North Africa region. Outlining the socio-economic and demographic key drivers for the regions rapid urbanisation, the article introduces two differing new towns policies and subsequently contrasts the strategies of Iran and Egypt, mainly aiming at decongesting Megacity regions, to the emerging globalised new towns of the Arab peninsula, mainly driven by the ambition for eco-nomic restructuring and diversification. By analysing and appraising the cases of Sadat City in Egypt and Hashtgerd New Town in Iran and a number of new town projects on the Arab Peninsula, the specific characteristics of both con-cepts are extracted. By exploring both concepts with regard to their key drivers, their function and urban form, their de-velopment speed and their integration into national growth strategies, the authors argue that decongesting new towns can benefit from the experiences made with globalised new towns, primarily regarding the integration in global net-works and markets, the implementation of comprehensive growth strategies and the enhancement of specific identities by marketing and branding tools.
SEBASTIAN SEELIG FLORIAN STELLMACHER
Institute for Architecture, Technische Universitat Berlin, Sec CAR-B2, 10587 Berlin, Germany
国际会议
广州
英文
281-291
2006-12-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）