Tunisia Economic City, Tunisia, Africa
Year 2014 latitude: 36° 11' longitude: 10° 26' Period 2015-2030 Initiator(s) Government of Tunisia, Saudi Prince Fahd Ben Mogren, other private investors from Gulf countries. Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants Target population 500,000 Town website http://www.tunisiaec.com/ Town related links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIOOAk3q1tk https://www.facebook.com/TE.CITY/ http://www.babnet.net/cadredetail-91271.asp http://www.panapress.com/Tunisia--Tunisia-embarks-on-mega-city-development- project--3-630401963-0-lang2-index.html http://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2015/06/02/protocole-daccord-entre-dubai-fdi-e t-la-tunisia-economic-city/ Literature 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
source: http://www.tunisiaec.com/ The project for Tunisia Economic City is a large-scale urban development project which will incorporate economic, industrial, social, cultural and tourist zones on an area of 90 sq km in the locality of Enfidha in the central eastern part of the country. It will house a population of around 500.000 inhabitants. The mega project will be funded by a number of investors and businessmen from the Gulf countries to create about 250,000 jobs during the next decade. According to the expectations of its promoters, by 2030 The Economic City will be a world-class economic, tourist and cultural node: a smart city able to attract international investors and to function as a junction point between East and West and North and South. source: http://www.tunisiaec.com/
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