i have no idea where you all suddenly got the feeling that the state can regulate urban planning, commercial settlements, retail, housing better than the free market. for god's sake, let people, investors, traders and entrepreneurs decide where to settle in a decentralized manner in the free play of forces. i have lived my whole life in big cities in southern europe in central europe and have never had the feeling that i lacked anything spatially or materially. the state has never prescribed a concept here, it has merely made areas available on which people could then develop relatively freely. please never forget this: when such projects appear, state actors are only interested in imposing more control, more power, perhaps higher taxation.