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New cities for a ‘new Kuwait’: planning for national continuity and stability

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  • Jasmine Ali
  • Sarah Moser

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An unprecedented new city-building boom is unfolding in Kuwait, with 12 new cities currently underway. As an oil-rich country, Kuwait faces imminent challenges, including peak oil and climate change, which threaten national wellbeing, continuity, stability, and even survival. As a welfare state guaranteeing housing to citizens, Kuwait shares oil wealth, fundamentally shaping urban planning and spatial development. The current national city-building strategy aims to address housing shortages while reducing reliance on oil. Despite the resources allocated to these projects, Kuwait's city building and its relationship to national economic development strategies has received little scholarly attention. This article introduces the 12 new city projects underway, and examines the main actors driving this trend, how new cities connect to the state's development logic for future-proofing the country, and how national sustainability goals and the state's Vision 2035 for a ‘new Kuwait’ shape these projects. Finally, we reflect on the challenges these projects face.

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  • Jasmine Ali & Sarah Moser, 2024. "New cities for a ‘new Kuwait’: planning for national continuity and stability," International Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 252-267, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cipsxx:v:29:y:2024:i:3:p:252-267
    DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2024.2381443
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