Tagadirt, Morocco, Africa
Year 2006 latitude: 30° 23' longitude: -9° 26' Period Initiator(s) Al Omrane Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants Target population 200,000 Town website Town related links http://www.bladi.net/souss-ville-nouvelle.html http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1190209 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
Located 6 km from Agadir, on the road to Marrakech, in the rural town of Drarga, the future city of Tagadirt has been planned to reduce the illegal land pressure in the area and to offer facilities and infrastructure to the region. The preservation of the environment is one of the ideas at the basis of the project, along with the purpose of a new economic repositioning of the area through the implementation of seafood products and agricultural products processing. source: http://www.bladi.net
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