This is a different idea....evacuate to a new city and let the old one die as opposed to fighting over it. The author thinks the idea is new but Buckminster Fuller talked about it years ago. It is sometimes easier and cheaper just to build a new city as opposed to fixing the old one.
H/T to Zenpundit for finding this.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/paul_romer.html
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