Spaceship in the desert : energy, climate change, and urban design in Abu Dhabi
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Spaceship in the desert : energy, climate change, and urban design in Abu Dhabi
(Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices)
Duke University Press, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-247) and index
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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.
Table of Contents
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
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