avenuesand
Avenuesand is a term used in speculative urban design and worldbuilding to describe a hypothetical desert or dune-field cityscape in which broad, tree-lined avenues are laid out to organize and stabilize drifting sand. The concept emphasizes the interaction between human-made corridors and mobile sand deposits, treating avenues as wind-channeled pathways that influence dune migration, microclimates, and the urban rhythms of daily life.
Avenuesand is a portmanteau of “avenue” and “sand.” The expression does not have a single authoritative origin
Core ideas include aligning major avenues with prevailing wind corridors to manage sand transport, using perpendicular
In fiction and worldbuilding, avenuesand provides a means to explore desert resilience, governance under sand-drift pressure,
Desert city design, wind-sculpted architecture, dune management, climate-adaptive planning.