Jigna, Nigeria, Africa
Year 2015 latitude: 9° 5' longitude: 7° 15' Period 2015-2035 Initiator(s) Stephen Jennings, Rendeavour Planning organization Rendeavour Nationality initiator(s) New Zealand, Nigeria, British, United States, Norway Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Inhabitants Target population 30,000 Town website http://www.jigna.com.ng Town related links http://www.rendeavour.com/projects/jigna/ http://www.som.com/news/som_city_design_practice_plans_two_new_communities_ in_sub-saharan_africa http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rendeavour-appoints-skidmore-owings --merrill-for-new-mixed-use-development-in-nigeria-300299901.html 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