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Spaceship in the Desert

Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi
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Description

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.

Author Biography:

Gökçe Günel is Assistant Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.
Release date NZ
March 1st, 2019
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  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
31 illustrations
Pages
272
ISBN-13
9781478000914
Product ID
28205007

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