The project, which had been slated to cost $1.5tn (£1.2tn), was pitched as a reinvention of #UrbanDesign. However, it has long attracted scepticism and criticism, not least after the reported execution of several members of the #Howeitat tribe who had protested over plans to construct on their #AncestralLands.

End of the Line? #SaudiArabia ‘forced to scale back’ plans for desert #megacity
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/10/the-line-saudi-arabia-scaling-back-plans-105-mile-long-desert-megacity-crown-prince

End of the Line? Saudi Arabia ‘forced to scale back’ plans for desert megacity

Crown prince’s pet project was sold as a 105-mile-long city of the future, but finances may have led to a rethink

The Guardian
L'Arabia Saudita e il progetto di una nuova megalopoli nel deserto dei diritti

A essere colpita è soprattutto la comunità Howeitat che si oppone all'esproprio delle terre necessarie a costruire -tra le altre cose- gli impianti per i Giochi Panasiatici invernali del 2029. Tre uomini sono stati condannati a morte ma l'appello alle Nazioni Unite per il momento rimane inascoltato

Altreconomia