New city building: White elephants or effective development strategy? Collection Active from 1 Sep 2022 to 31 Aug 2023 Cities This project examines the development outcomes of new cities with political authority. Researchers Kurtis Lockhart Researcher, University of Oxford Gilbert Siame Director of the Centre for Urban Research and Planning, University of Zambia Content from the collection Mapping new cities to understand the world’s ongoing urban transformation Tommie Yeo Thompson, Kurtis Lockhart, Gilbert Siame Policy brief Introducing the New Cities Map Tommie Yeo Thompson, Kurtis Lockhart, Gilbert Siame Working paper Share Share More from IGC 10th Urbanization and Development Conference 30–31 March 2026 World Bank, George Washington University and Johns Hopkins University (Washington, DC) Upcoming Event Policy Options for Solid Waste Management Victoria Delbridge, Edward L. Glaeser, Oliver Harman, Mrunmai Joshi, Erin Spence Policy toolkit Community action against floods: Climate adaptation in coastal Mozambique Patrícia Caetano, Stefan Leeffers, Jacob Macdonald, Pedro Vicente, Caroline Miehe, Nuno Calaim Blog Politics of trash: How waste management can build trust in cities Oliver Harman, Victoria Delbridge Blog Themes Cities Countries Zambia
