Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478000914)

In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world's first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In Spaceship in the Desert G軻 G?el 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, G?el 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: G軻 G?el
ISBN-10: 1478000910
ISBN-13: 9781478000914
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 02/26/2019