Shiraz (Shīrāz), Iran, Asia
Year 1960 latitude: 29° 37' longitude: 52° 31' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Leon L. Gibbs Design organization Inhabitants 1,455,000 (2009) Target population Town website http://www.shiraz.ir/ Town related links Literature - 'Plan, City of Shiraz, Fars Ostan, Iran', Leon L. Gibbs, 1960 type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic