Newoneina

Newoneina is a fictional city used in urban planning, geography, and narrative exercises to illustrate concepts of municipal governance, land use, and transport planning. It is widely used in textbooks and scenario simulations as a representative mid-sized coastal metropolis.

Set on a temperate coastline in the imagined continent of Veridia, Newoneina covers about 60 square kilometers and features a varied terrain of harborfront, floodplains, and gentle hills. It is described as divided into neighborhoods with distinct land-use patterns, including a historic core, industrial zones, and a greenfield business district.

The concept originated in teaching materials produced in the 2010s by the Institute for Urban Studies and has since been employed in case studies, simulations, and fiction. The city is often depicted with a formal governance structure and a planning office that coordinate zoning, infrastructure, and environmental initiatives.

Governance is a mayor-council system, with a council of twelve members and a city manager handling day-to-day administration. In most treatments, the population is described as around 84,000 residents, with a mix of service workers, knowledge workers, and regional commuters. The economy emphasizes logistics and port activity, light manufacturing, and digital services.

Infrastructure includes a multi-modal transit hub, a light-rail line, bus rapid transit corridors, and a small harbor used for regional ferries. An environmental program highlights a renewable-energy microgrid and expansive parks, while cultural amenities include libraries, two universities, museums, and an annual urban-design festival.

As a didactic construct, Newoneina enables comparisons of housing diversity, transit performance, and land-use outcomes across scenarios, while also attracting critique for oversimplification and its status as a teaching device rather than a fully realized place.