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Cover: 9781478000914 | Spaceship in the Desert | Gökçe Günel | Taschenbuch | Paperback | 2019
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Spaceship in the Desert
Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi
Taschenbuch von Gökçe Günel
Sprache: Englisch

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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 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.
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.
Über den Autor
Gökçe Günel is Assistant Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. The Soul of Carbon Dioxide 1
Part I. Knowledge
1. Inhabiting the Spaceship 37
2. Beautiful Buildings and Research Contracts 65
Part II. Technology
3. Ergos: A New Energy Currency 101
4. An Expensive Toy 127
Part III. Governance
5. Subsurface Workings 157
Epilogue. The Potential Futures of Abu Dhabi's Masdar 183
Notes 199
References 237
Index 249
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781478000914
ISBN-10: 1478000910
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Günel, Gökçe
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Gökçe Günel
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2019
Gewicht: 0,399 kg
Artikel-ID: 121105012
Über den Autor
Gökçe Günel is Assistant Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. The Soul of Carbon Dioxide 1
Part I. Knowledge
1. Inhabiting the Spaceship 37
2. Beautiful Buildings and Research Contracts 65
Part II. Technology
3. Ergos: A New Energy Currency 101
4. An Expensive Toy 127
Part III. Governance
5. Subsurface Workings 157
Epilogue. The Potential Futures of Abu Dhabi's Masdar 183
Notes 199
References 237
Index 249
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781478000914
ISBN-10: 1478000910
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Günel, Gökçe
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Gökçe Günel
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2019
Gewicht: 0,399 kg
Artikel-ID: 121105012
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