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.
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Brazil
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 founded by the CPR during
construction of the main Transcontinental railroad|transcontinental
line. The only cities in Western Canada that grew
organically were those, usually founded before 1870, that grew up
around trading post|fur trade forts, Royal Canadian Mounted
Police|police outposts, or Mission (Christian)|missions.
- Batawa, Ontario

- Bramalea, Ontario
, now a part of Brampton, Ontario
- Broughton, Nova Scotia
(failed)
- Corner Brook
, Newfoundland and Labrador|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 and Labrador|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
China, People's Republic of
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
India
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Abruzzo
Apulia
- 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
Emilia Romagna
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Lazio|Latium
Marche
Molise
Sardinia
- Carbonia

- Cortoghiana
- Strovina
- Fertilia
- Tramariglio
- Villaggio Calik
- Campo Giavesu
- Arborea

- Sassu
- Pompongias
- Tanca Marchesa
- Torrevecchia
- Linnas
Tuscany
Veneto
Ivory Coast
Japan
- Near Tokyo
- Near Nagoya
- Near Osaka
- Near Hiroshima
- Kyoto
- Sapporo
- Tsukuba Science City
- Shin'kyo
(now known as Changchun; capital of the puppet
government of Manchukuo, regained by China after World War
II)
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
Middle East
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Poland
- Borne Sulinowo
former German military base, then Soviet secret
city, and since 1993 Polish town
- ElblÄ…g
[8344]
- Głogówek
[8345]
- Gdynia
[8346]
- Nowa
Huta
(showpiece of Socialist Realist-era urban
planning), now incorporated into the Royal city of
Cracow
- Starogard [8347]
- Ursynów [8348]
- 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. [8349]
- Tychy
Nowe Tychy, New Tychy [8350]
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 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)
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

- 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
- 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

- 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
- Coral Gables, Florida

- Fairfield, Alabama

- Highland Park, Texas
(Dallas suburb)
- Kingsport, Tennessee

- Longview, Washington

- Mariemont, Ohio

- Minden, Nevada

- Radburn, New Jersey
- Roland Park, Baltimore,
Maryland

- Shaker Heights, Ohio

- Sugar Land, Texas

- Sunnyside Gardens, New York

- Twin Falls, Idaho

- Venice, Florida

- City of Industry,
California

- City of Commerce,
California

New communities built with federal aid in the 1930s
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, 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) [8393]
- Coral Springs, Florida

- Coto de Caza, California

- 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

- 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

- Greatwood, Sugar Land,
Texas
(see Sugar Land, Texas
)
- Laguna West, California

- Mountain House,
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 Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las
Vegas
- Suncadia, Washington

- Viera, Florida

- Westchase, Florida

- Weston, Florida

Unbuilt or under construction planned cities
Venezuela