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Originally Posted by polishavenger
at 84 billion pounds to construct to house only 7000 people, how can this be economically justified?
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As with many urban plans from this region, the details are fuzzy at first, but I've found some facts on this project:
-The tower is just one part of a massive urban planning concept called "Madinat al-Hareer" (City of Silk).
-The name of the 1001 metre tower is actually The Burj al-Kabir Tower (The Tower of 1001 Nights).
-The entire development will eventually house 700,000 people (not 7,000) and create 200,000 new jobs.
-It is expected to cost up to 100 Billion dollars and take 25 years to complete.
-It will be a massive network of 25 seperate residential communities.
-Districts include: "Business City", "Culture City", "Park City", "Leisure City", "Industrial City" and "Media City".
-It will be built directly across the Kuwait Bay from Kuwait City, and will be linked by a 23.5 Kilometer bridge.
-Along with the massive residential, commercial, civic and leisure developments, it is expected to be one of the most popular world travel destinations.
-Plans also call for a massive national park, world class wildlife reserve and an olympic village with stadiums.
-A new international airport and tourism port are also included.
The plans look extremely impressive. Check them out here:
http://www.civicart.com/
-and here-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madinat_al-Hareer