Planning concept
Intensive development
Overall planning of living space, production space and ecological space, to achieve intensified and optimized development along the Mekong River, foster the public facilities axial line in the middle and complete the ecological open space in the east and north. Strengthen the comprehensive service functions in the new urban area, to guide the rational gathering of industries and population.
Ecology as priority
Maintain and foster a complete ecological pattern for the new city with ecological background as the foundation. Increase the resources utilization efficiency, actively develop cyclic economy, energetically advocate low-carbon development, make greater efforts in ecological environment protection and harnessing, and build resources-saving and environment-friendly new city areas.
Traffic guidance
Actively response to changes in external traffic conditions, fully connect the traffic with Phnom Penh old town, build a complete traffic network in the new town, speed up the development of city public transport system, and promote the intensive, concentrated and rational use of land by guiding development with traffic, to raise the urban function of the new urban area.
Highlighting features
The beautiful natural landscape and thick history and culture of the new area will be used as the foundation, to inherit the unique connotation of Khmer culture, build an ecological and garden city, improve the dwelling environment, construct a landscape framework of a river-side ecological dwelling city, to highlight the cultural feature of the area of Phnom Penh.