As part of their Masdar Initiative (masdar meaning "the source" in Arabic), an effort to further the research and implementation of sustainable construction, the Abu Dhabi government will build this city on a nearby 2.3 square-mile site (six square kilometers), adjacent to its international airport at an estimated cost of $22 billion.
It projected the city will eventually be able to sustain 50,000 residents and more than 1,000 businesses.
It broke ground in construction of the city and hopes to complete the project by 2016.