Inventors, architects, and developers are all coming up with original and creative ideas to utilize more and more space as the world's population is drastically growing and the available land is becoming increasingly limited. Some of these ideas include building floating cities, underwater cities, and future global cities. According to a United Nations study, the world's population will surpass 9.6 billion by 2050, and as population grows, so does the need for space.
(07)Earth-scraper, Mexico ($1
billion)
A systematic overhaul of Mexico City's Historic Center is absolutely necessary. There are no available vacant sites, but new infrastructure, office, retail, and dwelling space are needed. Historic structures cannot be demolished under federal or municipal rules, and any construction can only be eight stories high. In a historic urban area where the preservation of the built environment is the primary goal, the Earthscraper is the Skyscrapers' adversary. It keeps the city square's iconic presence and the orderly arrangement of the buildings around it. It is designed as an inverted pyramid with a center void to provide natural daylight and ventilation in all of the livable sections.

A 65-story, spectacular upside-down pyramid that extends 300 meters below the surface has been constructed. The building's intelligent architect has provided a fresh notion for creating new large structures. The structure has 10 stories of offices and is designed to house 300,000 people in retail space, offices, and housing. A transparent glass roof covering an area of 800 square feet would let in natural light.
(06)Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, India ($20 billion)
This is a central business district being built in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The Government of Gujarat promoted it as a Greenfield project, and it is the first operational Greenfield smart city and international financial services hub in India. The city is situated on the banks of the Sabarmati River and is about 12 km (7.5 mi) from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Commercial, financial, and residential facilities may all be found in the city, which was planned for citizens to walk to work. Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, has a grand vision of luring large corporations from Bangalore and Mumbai with world-class infrastructure. They construct hotels, a technological park, a stock exchange, integrated townships, a zone for nightlife, and an international education zone here.
(05)Masdar City,
Abu Dhabi ($20 billion)


This is an Abu Dhabi planned city project. Masdar, a division of Mubadala Development Company, constructed the city. Masdar City is being built 17 kilometers away (11 mi). The city relies on solar and renewable energy sources and hopes to become the first zero-carbon, zero-waste city in the world. Roads and light-rail systems will link the city to nearby urban centers. The first six buildings of Masdar City were finished and occupied in October 2010 after construction on the city started in February 2008. The initial completion estimate for the 1,000,000 square meters (0.39 square miles) was for 2015; however, because of the effects of the global financial crisis, the final completion was put back to between 2020 and 2025. Less than 300,000 square meters (0.12 square miles) had been developed as of 2016, and 2030 was projected as the completion date. According to plan, the city would have between 45,000 and 50,000 residents and 1,500 businesses. as well In response, it is anticipated that over 60,000 workers will commute into the city every day. Similar to KAUST in Saudi Arabia or Tsukuba Science City in Japan, Masdar City will be the most recent in a small number of highly planned, specialized, research- and technology-intensive communities that include a living environment.
Masdar is a sustainable mixed-use development that has been carefully planned to be bikers and pedestrians-friendly. Terracotta walls of Masdar City have arabesque patterns painted on them. The city appears to be a cube from a distance. The streets typically have temperatures that are 15 to 20 °C (27 to 36 °F) lower than the desert outside. Due to Masdar's distinctive design, there is a temperature difference. The city has a 45-meter-high wind tower that draws air in from above and pushes it back to chill the streets, maintaining a constant temperature of 16 degrees Celsius. Buildings are grouped closely together to create covered streets and walkways.A new plan will substitute other modes of transportation for PRTs as the primary means of public transportation within the city. Instead, Masdar will utilize a combination of electric and other clean-energy vehicles for internal city mass transit. The majority of private vehicles will only be allowed in parking garages outside the city. The transportation will be provided by electric cars, and driving is absolutely prohibited inside the city limits. The proposed and postponed light rail and metro line in Abu Dhabi will link Masdar City's core to the larger metropolis.
(04) Silk City Kuwait ($94 billion)
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On a surface of 250 kilometers, Madinat Al-Hareer City will be constructed in about 25 years. With a height of 1,001 meters, Burj Mubarak al-Kabir will be the focal point of the city in Northern Kuwait. The height is similar to that of the Arabian Nights folktale, from where Aladdin originates.
Currently being constructed in northern Kuwait is a huge infrastructural project called Silk City (Madinat al-Hareer) (Phase I). Individual phases of the project will be built. The first phase of the Silk City project, which also includes the currently under construction Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, saw the opening of the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway in May 2019. The Belt and Road Initiative of China includes the Silk City project.
- Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway's first phase
The Silk City project's first phase includes building the. Causeway built by Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The causeway was finished and opened in May 2019. Northern Kuwait is connected to Kuwait City by a causeway. One of the biggest and most difficult infrastructure projects ever undertaken. The cost of building the causeway was estimated at about US$3 billion. Bay Island North and Bay Island South are two artificial islands that were built for tourism and entertainment.
A component of China's Belt and Road Initiative is the Mubarak Al Kabeer Port. The initial stage of the Silk City project includes the He Mubarak Al Kabeer Port. The port is reportedly 53% complete as of September 2020. It was confirmed in March 2021 that Kuwait and Pakistan would build connections between Mubarak Al Kabeer Port and Gwadar Port. The first phase of Mubarak Al Kabeer port was finished in April 2021. Fire stations for Port are currently being built.
(03)Xiong'an City China ($97.2billion)

In the northern Chinese province of Hebei, Xiong'an New Area will celebrate its fifth anniversary in 2022. Xiong'an New Area spans the nations of Rongcheng, Anxin, and Xiongxian and is situated around 105 kilometers southwest of Beijing. In 2020, the Beijing-Xiong'an intercity railway began accepting passengers for service between the two cities. shortened to one hour. A 475,000 square meter large high-speed rail station called Xiong'an debuted at the same time. In the past five years, the Rongdong neighborhood in Xiong'an has seen the construction of thousands of residential structures. The Rohgdong neighborhood also has parks, schools, and stores, giving people access to all of their needs. In the Xiong'an New Area, 60 of the 177 important construction projects with a combined investment of 618.4 billion yuan have been finished.
Yuan 1 = 0.15 USD
As the city's objective to progressively restore its biological environment was realized, the percentage of the area covered by forests climbed from 11% to 32%.
The Beijing-Xiong'an intercity railway's Railway Xiong'an station opened on December 27, 2020.
On the Tianjin-Baoding intercity railway, you can get to Baigou and Baiyangadian stations.
The region is served by Beijing Daxing International Airport, which opens in 2019.
It is currently served by the G45 and G18 expressways.
(02) Khazar Islands, Azerbaijan ($100 billion)
The city planned to house 1 million residents in a development with 150 schools, 50 hospitals and daycare centers, numerous parks, shopping malls, cultural centers, and a university campus. The stated plan was for $100 billion, with $30 billion coming from foreign investors and another $30 billion from apartment sales. To connect the islands to the mainland, this city was also supposed to have 150 bridges and a sizable municipal airport. When the city is finished in 2022–2023, it's anticipated that there will be 1 million people living there. The proposal estimates that the cost of fully restored residences will be between $400 and $5,000 per square meter. The Azerbaijan Tower, which will surpass the Burj Khalifa's record by 222 meters and become the highest skyscraper in the world when it reaches 1,050 meters, is another attraction. These structures were designed to withstand earthquakes of up to magnitude 9.0.
(01)Neom city Saudi Arabia ($500
billion)
Smart city technology will be used, and it will serve as a tourist attraction. The location is in the Gulf of Aqaba, south of Jordan, east of Egypt across the Red Sea, and north of the Red Sea. It will extend 460 km along the Red Sea's coast and encompass a total area of 26,500 km2 (10,200 sq mi). By 2025, Saudi Arabia hopes to finish the first phase of Neom. Estimated costs for the project are $500 billion. Neom is a closed joint stock company that Saudi Arabia claimed it had established on January 29, 2019. It is designed for the project to run entirely on renewable energy. The Neom project is situated near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, which is the country's northwest.
The city will only be fueled by wind and solar energy, and robots will handle tasks like security, logistics, home delivery, and caregiving. Other advancements in infrastructure and mobility have been proposed because the city would be entirely designed and built from scratch. With $500 billion from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and other investors, planning and construction will get started.
Plans for The Line, a 170-kilometer (110-mile) stretch of Neom that will have 1 million residents without traditional cars, were presented in January 2021 by the project.
The project's first phase, Neom Bay, was supposed to begin development work in the first quarter of 2019 and finish by the end of 2020. The construction of Neom's first residential neighborhood as part of phase 1 is also part of the development plan for Neom Bay.
It was announced in June 2019 that the Neom Bay Airport would begin to accommodate commercial flights following the completion of the airport's early phase, which included a 3,757 m-long runway (12,326 ft).
The airport that is planned to be located at Neom Bay has been registered by the International Air Transport Association(IATA) with the code NUM
- Neom Industrial City (Oxagon)
Neom Industrial City (NIC) is located around 25 kilometers (16 mi) north of the town of Duba, approximately 40 square kilometres (15 sq. mi) forms the NIC. The project will focus on modern manufacturing and industrial research. In November 2021, the project was renamed to Oxagon and described as a floating industrial complex shaped like a regular octagon; it will be the largest in the world when completed, and would serve as a port for shipping routes through the Red Sea.
Neom plans for 6,500 hectares (16,000 acres) of the surrounding land to become agricultural fields, and to rely heavily on genetically engineered crops.
- Neom International Airport
The overall Development Area covers an area of 20.2 sq. km. 6,600 m long by 3,061 m wide. The work is under progress.
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