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Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi by Goekce Gunel (Paperback, 2019)
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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN-139781478000914
eBay Product ID (ePID)4046365491
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSpaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi
Publication Year2019
SubjectGeology, Anthropology
TypeTextbook
AuthorGoekce Gunel
Subject AreaUrban Planning
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight386 g
Item Width152 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorGoekce Gunel
Series TitleExperimental Futures
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