ASTANA KAZAKHSTAN

FEATURES OF NEW TOWN

1. Astana, Kazakhstan Planning of new towns

2. Capital of Kazakhstan

3. KEY POINTS WHAT IS NEW TOWN? NEW TOWN MOVEMENT ASTANA AS A NEW TOWN LOCATION AREA POPULATION WEATHER ECONOMY CITYSCAPE

4. WHAT IS NEW TOWN? New town, a form of urban planning designed to relocate populations away from large cities by grouping homes, hospitals, industry and cultural, recreational, and shopping centers to form entirely new, relatively autonomous communities. The new towns were located in relatively undeveloped sites.

5. New Town Movement The new town movement refers to towns that were built after World War II and that have been purposefully planned, developed and built as a remedy to overcrowding and congestion in some instances, and to scattered ad hoc settlements in others. The main reason for it was to decongest larger industrialized cities, rehousing people in freshly built, new and fully planned towns that were completely self-sufficient and provided for the community.

6. ASTANA As a new town Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. It stands on the banks of the Ishim River in the northern portion of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, though administered separately from the region as a city with special status.

7. Location and Area Astana is located in central Kazakhstan on the Ishim River in a very flat, semi-arid steppe region which covers most of the country's territory. It is at 51° 10' north latitude and 71° 26' east longitude. The city encompasses 722.0 square kilometers (278.8  sq  mi). The elevation of Astana is 347 meters  above sea level .

8. Population and Weather As of September 2017, the population of Nur -Sultan was 1,029,556 , over double the 2002 population of 493,000 . In Astana, the summers are long, comfortable, and partly cloudy; the winters are long, frigid, windy, and overcast; and it is dry year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from -5°F to 79°F and is rarely below -24°F or above 91°F.

9. Economy The economy of Astana is based on trade,  industrial production, transport, communication and construction. The city's industrial production is mainly focused on producing  building materials , foodstuff and mechanical engineering . Astana was included in the list of top 21 intelligent communities of the world.

10. Cityscype

11. Layout plan of Astana Astana's master plan was designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa , who detailed the construction of skyscrapers, roads, housing units, government buildings, and man-made forests.