npj Urban Sustainability (Jun 2023)

Arguments for building The Circle and not The Line in Saudi Arabia

  • Rafael Prieto-Curiel,
  • Dániel Kondor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00115-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Saudi Arabia plans to construct a new city, home to 9 million people. The most relevant aspect is its form, a line with a surprising length of 170 km. We analyse whether this is the best plan for a new city and some inconveniences of the prolonged urban form.