Spaceship in the desert : energy, climate change, and urban design in Abu Dhabi / Gökçe Günel.

Main entry:

Günel, Gökçe, 1983- author.

Title & Author:

Spaceship in the desert : energy, climate change, and urban design in Abu Dhabi / Gökçe Günel.

Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
©2019

Description:

xi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Experimental futures

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Inhabiting the spaceship -- Beautiful buildings and research contracts -- Ergos : a new energy currency -- An expensive toy -- Subsurface workings.

Summary:

In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world's first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In 'Spaceship in the Desert' Gökçe Günel 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, Günel 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.

ISBN:

9781478000723 hardcover alkaline paper
1478000724 hardcover alkaline paper
9781478000914 paperback alkaline paper
1478000910 paperback alkaline paper

Subject:

Sustainable urban development United Arab Emirates Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)
City planning Environmental aspects United Arab Emirates Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)
Technological innovations Environmental aspects United Arab Emirates Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)
Urban ecology (Sociology) United Arab Emirates Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)
Urbanisme durable Émirats arabes unis Abū Ẓabi (Émirat)
Innovations Aspect de l'environnement Émirats arabes unis Abū Ẓabi (Émirat)
Écologie urbaine Émirats arabes unis Abū Ẓabi (Émirat)
City planning Environmental aspects.
Sustainable urban development.
Technological innovations Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
United Arab Emirates Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)

Added entries:

Experimental futures.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305043
Call No.: BIB 250806
Status: Available

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