Yanbu (Yanbo)
,
Saudi Arabia
, Asia
Year
1975
latitude: 24° 5'
longitude: 38° 3'
Period
Initiator(s)
Planning organization
Nationality initiator(s)
Designer(s) / Architect(s)
Design organization
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Inhabitants
188,430 (2004)
Target population
150,000
Town website
Town related links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanbu
http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=693
Literature
- (1) 'New Towns World-Wide', A.K. Constandse, E.Y. Galantay, T. Ohba (ed.), IFHP, The Hague 1985
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