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List Of Iran's Planned Cities
This is a list of planned city, 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 * Darulaman, Kabul Argentina * Ciudad Evita, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires * Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires * La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires * La Punta (San Luis), La Punta, San Luis, Argentina, San Luis * Federación, Entre Ríos, Federación, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos * Totoras, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe Australia * Adelaide, South Australia * Canberra, Australian Capital Territory * Churchill, Victoria * Eaglemont, Victoria * Environa, New South Wales – never built * Garden City, Victoria * Griffith, New South Wales * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planned City
A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve organically. The term ''new town'' refers to planned communities of the new towns movement in particular, mainly in the United Kingdom. It was also common in the European colonization of the Americas to build according to a plan either on fresh ground or on the ruins of earlier Native American villages. A model city is a type of planned city designed to a high standard and intended as a model for others to imitate. The term was first used in 1854. Planned capitals A planned capital is a city specially planned, designed and built to be a capital. Several of the world's national capitals are planned capitals, including Canberra in Australia, Brasília in Brazil, Belmopan in Belize, New Delhi in India, Abuja in Nigeria, Islamab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill, Victoria
Churchill is a town in the Latrobe Valley, located in central Gippsland in the east of Victoria, Australia. The town had a population of 4,924 at the , and is part of the Latrobe City local government area. The town was named in honour of former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, who had died earlier in the year the town's establishment was announced. Town history Established as a service centre for the Hazelwood Power Station, Churchill was intended to house workers in the region as the State Electricity Commission of Victoria expanded its coal mining operations. Announcing the commencement of construction, Minister for Housing Lindsay Thompson claimed that "it was doubtful whether any Victorian town had been more carefully planned.""New Town Will Bear Proud Name – Churchill" Melbourne ''Age'' 9 February 1965 p. 3 Most of the early housing was constructed by the Housing Commission of Victoria. The site was chosen for its pleasant location at the foot of the Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mildura
Mildura ( ) is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 at the 2021 census. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point, Merbein and Red Cliffs are included, the combined urban area had a population of 58,914 in 2021, having grown marginally at an average annual rate of 1.3% year-on-year over the preceding five years. Mildura is the largest settlement in the Sunraysia region, where around 90% of Australia's table grape exports are grown. Likewise, it is a major horticultural centre notable for its overall (table, sultana and wine) grape production, supplying about 80% of Victoria's grapes.Mildura , ''Department of Planning and Community Development, Mildura Rural City Council'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Central Business District
The Melbourne central business district (colloquially known as "the City" or "the CBD", and gazetted simply as Melbourne) is the city centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As of the 2021 census, the CBD had a population of 54,941, and is located primarily within the local government area City of Melbourne, with some parts located in the City of Port Phillip. The central business district is centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city laid out in 1837. It also includes parts of the parallel and perpendicular streets to the north, bounded by Victoria Street and Peel Street; and extends south-east along much of the area immediately surrounding St Kilda Road. The CBD is the core of Greater Melbourne's metropolitan area, and is a major financial centre in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. It is home to several major attractions in Melbourne, including many of the city's famed lanes and arcades, the distinct blend of contemporary and Victorian architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeton, New South Wales
Leeton is a town located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. It is the administrative centre of the Leeton Shire, Leeton Shire Council Local government in Australia, local government area, which includes neighbouring suburbs, towns and localities such as Yanco, New South Wales, Yanco, Wamoon, New South Wales, Wamoon, Whitton, New South Wales, Whitton, Gogeldrie, New South Wales, Gogeldrie, Stanbridge, New South Wales, Stanbridge and Murrami, New South Wales, Murrami. The town was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and built for the Government of New South Wales, New South Wales government early 20th century Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, irrigation schemes. Leeton is home to citrus, rice, cotton, grape, walnut, and wheat farming. It is known as ''Australia's Rice Capital,'' as well as ''The Heart of SunRice Country'', as it is home to the headquarters of SunRice corporation, one of Australia's largest food expor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a land area of , and is also the List of country subdivisions by area, second-largest subdivision of any country on Earth. Western Australia has a diverse range of climates, including tropical conditions in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley, deserts in the interior (including the Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert, and Great Victoria Desert) and a Mediterranean climate on the south-west and southern coastal areas. the state has 2.965 million inhabitants—10.9 percent of the national total. Over 90 percent of the state's population live in the South-West Land Division, south-west corner and around 80 percent live in the state capital Perth, leaving the remainder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joondalup
Joondalup () is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately north of Perth central business district, Perth's central business district. It contains the central business district of the regional City of Joondalup and acts as the primary Urban area, urban centre of Perth's outer northern suburbs. History During the latter part of the 1960s, the ''Western Australian Planning Commission, Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority'' developed the ''Corridor Plan for Perth'' which was published and adopted in 1970. The plan called for the creation of five "sub-regional" retail centres (Fremantle, Joondalup, Midland, Western Australia, Midland, Armadale, Western Australia, Armadale and Rockingham, Western Australia, Rockingham) which would form the commercial and economic focus of each "node", and take the retail burden away from the CBD. The Corridor Plan was not endorsed by Parliament until 1973. In order to grow both the five "sub-regional" retail centres and these off-corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Queensland
Springfield is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Springfield had a population of 7,322 people. Springfield is in proximity of the nearby suburbs Springfield Lakes and Springfield Central. History Springfield was built as part of Greater Springfield, which was Australia's largest master-planned community at the time of its construction. In 2007, a larger master-planned community at nearby Ripley was announced. Springfield State School opened on 22 January 1998. On 1 January 2000, it was renamed Woodcrest State College. The Springfield College opened on 1 July 1998. Staines Memorial College opened 25 January 2005 in Springfield. It is named in the memory of Graham Staines, a missionary in India who was burned to death by fundamentalist Hindus in 1999. In 2010, the college relocated to Redbank Plains. Hymba Yumba Independent School opened in 2011. It was established by Uncle Albert Holt and is based on Indigenous culture. The name come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inala, Queensland
Inala is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Inala had a population of 15,273 people. Geography Inala is by road south-west of the Brisbane GPO. Inala Avenue/Poinsettia Street is the main roadway east–west and Serviceston Avenue/Rosemary Street and Blunder Road are the main roads stretching north–south. History The suburb was named ''Inala'' by the Queensland Surveyor-General on 10 January 1952, using a Bundjalung word meaning ''resting time'' or ''night time''. It was previously known as Boylands Pocket. Following World War II there was a shortage of 250,000 houses across Australia. In Queensland alone over 4,000 families were living in makeshift dwellings of tin, calico and canvas. The Queensland and Australian Governments responded by making housing a priority. The history of Inala started as the suburb of Serviceton, established following a meeting held in a Brisbane RSL Hall in May 1946. A group of ex-servicemen, led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith, New South Wales
Griffith is a major regional city in the northern Riverina region of western New South Wales, known commonly as the food bowl of Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith Local government in Australia, local government area. Like the Australian capital, Canberra, and extensions to the nearby town of Leeton, New South Wales, Leeton, Griffith was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. Griffith was named after Arthur Hill Griffith, the then New South Wales Secretary for Public Works (New South Wales), Secretary for Public Works. Griffith was proclaimed a city in 1987, and at the had a population of 20,569. It can be accessed by road from Sydney and Canberra via the Hume Highway and the Burley Griffin Way and from Melbourne, via the Newell Highway and either by using the Kidman Way or the Irrigation Way. Griffith can be accessed from other places like Adelaide, Orange, New South Wales, Orange, and Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst through the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden City, Victoria
Garden City is a residential area of Melbourne located in the most westerly part of Port Melbourne, 5km south-west of the Melbourne CBD, generally bounded by what is now Williamstown Road, Howe Parade, and Walter Street. It was the first housing estate created by a public authority in Victoria, developed in stages by the State Bank of Victoria between 1926 and 1948.Port Phillip Heritage Review, Chapter 6.7 Garden City Housing Estates The name is sometimes also applied to the adjacent estate built by the Housing Commission of Victoria in 1938-1942, one of their first projects. The area, between the bay and the lower reach of the Yarra River, originally consisted of low lying marshy Crown land, undeveloped land. As early as the 1850s some fisherman lived in huts near the river, and the area became known as Fishermans Bend, Fishermen's Bend. When the river was regularised by the construction of the Coode Canal in 1884-6, the excavated silt was used for land reclamation in this are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
