Elephant In Exile

South Korea to Build New Capitol from Scratch

Interesting article in the Economist about how South Korea is planning on building a new national capitol from the ground up. It would join the ranks of purpose built cities like Washington, DC, Canberra, Brasilia, Islamabad and such. I find city planning interesting and have been a huge fan of the Sim City games since 1990, so it will be interesting to see what kind of design the Koreans go with. Will it be a French inspired city like DC or a Jetsons like capitol ala Brasilia? Who knows.

The pros and cons of capital flight

http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3100713


History of Some Planned Capitols

Brasilia
http://www.infobrasilia.com.br/bsb_h1i.htm#History

Canberra
http://www.canberrahouse.com.au/shorthistory.html

Islamabad
http://www.alephinc.net/islamabad/html/history.htm

Putrajaya, Malaysia
http://www.kiat.net/putra/

Washington, DC
http://dcpages.com/History/