Spaceship in the Desert - Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi (Paperback)

In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world's first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In Spaceship in the Desert Goekce Gunel examines the development and construction of Masdar City's renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures, providing an illuminating portrait of an international group of engineers, designers, and students who attempted to build a post-oil future in Abu Dhabi. While many of Masdar's initiatives-such as developing a new energy currency and a driverless rapid transit network-have stalled or not met expectations, Gunel analyzes how these initiatives contributed to rendering the future a thinly disguised version of the fossil-fueled present. Spaceship in the Desert tells the story of Masdar, at once a "utopia" sponsored by the Emirati government, and a well-resourced company involving different actors who participated in the project, each with their own agendas and desires.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Experimental Futures
Release date:	2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Goekce Gunel
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-4780-0091-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4780-0091-0
Barcode:	9781478000914

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