De Democratische Volksrepubliek Laos werd in 1975 uitgeroepen toen de communisten de macht grepen. Net zoals in China worden het Marxisme en de Leninistische ideologie langzaam losgelaten. Het communisme heeft na de oorlog voor stabiliteit gezorgd. Vele dorpen hebben elektra, schoon water, scholen, ziekenhuisjes etc.

Determined to aggressively pursue the imple mentations developmental projects under the amnesty programme, the Federal Government has secured hectres of land from the nine state governments which made up the Niger Delta region to construct new towns development for benefit of the people.
Construction of the new town development programme was part of the Post Amnesty infrastructural projects approved by the President; Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua aimed to restore permanent peace to the region which has in the recent time witnessed pockets of hostilities due to years of neglects by successive administration.
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette who announced this Friday in Abuja while receiving the Commissioners of Works from the South South geo_political zone in his office over the project, said, a similar meeting will be convened between the ministry and Governors of the nine states next week Tuesday.

Historically, Washington was heavily involved in the coal industry, once containing seven working pits. In support of the mines there was a series of wagonways, and later railway lines, to transport the coal to the River Wear and then on to Sunderland via barge. Washington was also involved in the chemical industry.

The decline of the North East economy during the post-war period was linked, inevitably, with the demise of the region’s primary industries, and at the time of designation in 1964 there were only four active collieries remained in Washington, employing one third of the local workforce.

Beijing this year, two sessions, in the government work report, "World City" describes the most "eye-catching." In this blueprint, focusing Tongzhou, speed up the building has become a new city on the Beijing People’s Congress in this group of hot topics under discussion. National People’s Congress, Tongzhou District secretary WANG Yun-feng said yesterday that the future land of 155 square kilometers in Tongzhou new city carrying 900,000 people. He also revealed that paragraph Tongzhou subway line 6 to determine this year started planning Haidian, Tongzhou through the R1 line, it will first launch Tongzhou section, from the World Trade excavation, finish to the east of the core area of Tongzhou

OUSING minister John Healey last night tried to rescue the Government’s eco-town project by adding an existing Westcountry development to the official list of green communities.

The Cranbrook development – which insiders had previously insisted was not an eco-town – is now among those being put forward by ministers as being at the cutting edge of environmentally-friendly living.

Mr Healey announced the site, near Exeter, will receive £200,000 for East Devon council to "develop their masterplan" for 3,500 green homes by 2016. Forty per cent of the properties will be affordable, and there is potential for further expansion to 7,500 homes.

The comprehensive plan that the county commission will soon consider is focused on authorizing the building of new towns. These include Lykes’ Placid Lake Village and AtlanticBlue’s Blue Head Ranch development.

The Planning and Zoning Commission either refused to hear or quickly dismissed all objections to this scheme. If the county commission takes the same approach the new plan will soon be rubber stamped.

The Blue Head Ranch development will be between Archbold Station and the Bright Hour Preserve. The new development is also not far from the ecologically sensitive Lake Wales Ridge. Fisheating Creek, an almost pristine tributary of Lake Okeechobee, flows through the Blue Head Ranch. Presumably the creek and adjoining wetlands will become the natural, undisturbed areas of the new development.

SAN DIEGO, March 5 /PRNewswire/ — More than 200 elected officials, civic and business leaders from both sides of the U.S./Mexico border came together this week to learn of the plans for The Corky McMillin Companies’ new town, designed to be the epicenter of the sprawling Otay Ranch community.
Chula Vista Mayor Cox, along with Scott McMillin, chairman of The Corky McMillin Companies, took turns addressing the enthusiastic crowd before dramatically unveiling the name Millenia.
Millenia is a 210-acre mixed-use community described by McMillin as a "smart, energy-efficient, pedestrian-oriented, well-planned community that fundamentally changes how neighborhoods are created and thrive."

The multi-million pound regeneration of Bracknell town centre has been the talk of the town for a number of years. Will it, won’t it go ahead? And when?

Reporter Hugh Fort met Richard Haynes, the council’s recently appointed head of regeneration and enterprise, to discuss future hopes and prospects.

“Big announcements” should be made on the future of Bracknell town centre later this year, said the borough’s new appointment charged with promoting enterprise in the borough.

The stage is a new town. Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year is an time management game with high playability with unique gameplay. Study the blueprints, it’s time to design a new town in Build-a-lot 2. Use your entrepreneurial eye to spot the right locations for parks and shops. Pick your paint colors, upgrades, and landscaping to create the ultimate curb appeal for outstanding profits. How about a latte from the new coffee shop? Maybe new flower boxes for the garden center? Flip houses in this fancy resource management sequel. Welcome to the neighborhood in Build-a-lot 2.

Even in winter the Russian town of Sochi welcomes visitors with its blossoming gardens and tropical palms.
The Black Sea resort has been popular among tourists for many decades, with its long beaches and burning sun.
But in 2014 Sochi will have to show a different face to the world.

Holding Referendum May Cause Another Controversy

What will happen if the governing Grand National Party (GNP) fails to narrow differences between its two rival factions over the revised plan for Sejong City? There seem to be few options for breaking the deadlock. At this point, it is not easy for the government to either back down or railroad it through the National Assembly. But the political timetable calls for a solution to this controversial issue at least ahead of local polls slated for June 2 to elect governors, mayors and council members.

Corby was once a thriving town, but then a Tory government set about “deindustrialising” the steel region, and killed its soul.

When I was ten years old, my family left a cold, damp prefab in West Fife and moved to Corby, Northamptonshire, where my father quickly found work at what was then the Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks. Because we didn’t know any better, we thought - like many other migrant families - that we had finally discovered a home, a place where we could pursue the first glimmers of a confidence and self-respect that others appeared to take for granted.

BEFORE becoming one of eight "new towns" after the Second World War, Crawley and the surrounding villages were home to around 10,000 people.

That number is now more than 100,000 - but Crawley’s incredible growth is not finished.

In this special report, ALEX MORRISON looks at the plans and possibilities for our town’s future and asks the question - what will Crawley look like in 2026.

PRESSURE to build houses has rarely been higher.

Crawley is required to build 7,500 new homes between 2006 and 2026 and already has 3,000 people waiting for affordable homes.

On the 18th of May 1967 H.R.H Princess Margaret officially opened Cumbernauld town centre. The town centre was to be seen as Britain’s first indoor shopping mall. On nine different levels, the town centre was designed to house all civic offices, penthouse flats, retails shops, restaurants, cinema, health centre and free sheltered parking for all customers. Under the designer’s eye of Geoffrey Copcutt, the daring megastructure architecture of Cumbernauld town centre was highly praised. Architects, designers, town planners and students of many disciplines visited Cumbernauld from around the globe to marvel at the town, for many years heralded as a utopian construction.

Xiamen has kicked off the construction of Jimei New Town today, marking the start of a new round of construction of outer districts of Xiamen.

The new town, with its centerpiece covering a total area of 6 square kilometers, will be constructed into a ecological coastal town.

Xinglin Bay will be created as the business center of Jimei District, where many brand stores, pubs, cafes and high-level entertainment venues will be established.

8 projects will be brake ground, including a high-tech zone, a main road, a sports park, an aquatic sports centre, a school, a commercial center at Xinglin Bay, and two residential quarters covering 730,000 square meters.

Eager to see BBC Four’s new architecture-slash-murder mystery drama titled New Town, a quirky, unraveling tale revolving around the lives of two starry, Gilbert & George-ish architects set in Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town. Dubious urban schemes, plights of the architectural profession, family relationships and life inside of buildings are served up in a satirical dish of hilariously dark drama. Watch more clips after the jump!

The Government of Montenegro and Orascom Development have teamed up to construct a fully integrated town covering almost 1,700 acres on the Lustica peninsula.

The project will create hotels, a town centre, a marina on the Adriatic coast and an 18-hole golf course.

The first phase is set to be completed by 2015.

Over in Brazil a ’Korea Town’ will be formed in Bom Retiro a densely populated area of Brazil’s biggest city Sao Paulo.
The Korean consulate in Brazil said Wednesday that the municipal government in Sao Paulo has designated Bom Retiro as ’Korea Town’ and has passed an ordinance that will see the city provide administrative and financial support to the new community.
The Korean consul general in Sao Paulo said that the new town will be turned into a special Korean economic and cultural district which will help attract tourists from around the world and will further promote Korean culture in Brazil.

460 cities in former USSR are called ’monocities,’ being dependent on only one factory and being hit hard by the crisis. 20% of these cities will be emptied by evacuation of inhabitants. Cities are being called an immediate social risk. (German text)

Sie wurden gebaut, um große Kombinate mit Arbeitern zu versorgen: Russlands Monostädte, abhängig oft nur von einer Fabrik. Die Krise ruiniert sie. Hilfe kostet viel Geld.

Latvia sold a deserted town built around a Soviet-era radar station to a Russian investor who bid $3.1 million at an unusual auction Friday, officials said.

PLANNING permission for the demolition of retail and office buildings in a town centre and the development of restaurants, cafes and more than 180 flats has been refused.

BEAMS - the trading company of Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust - had expressed concern to Stevenage Borough Council about the impact the proposed development in Park Place, Stevenage, may have on the adjacent conservation area.

THE deprived Fife mining town of Lochgelly is set to be transformed - by the man who built the backdrop for hit movie The Truman Show.
Jim Carrey’s 1998 comedy was filmed in Seaside, an idyllic Florida new town designed by Andres Duany.

Two well-known German green construction companies signed cooperation accords Friday with a local management department in eastern China’s Jiangsu province to help build a 100,000-people low-carbon demonstration town on the southern bank of the Yangtze River.

Het regende donderdag tips en ideeën voor het vitaal en aantrekkelijk houden van zogeheten New Towns, zoals Almere.