Gokce Gunel

Spaceship in the Desert

Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gà kà e Gà nel examines the development and construction of Masdar City, a zero-carbon city built by Abu Dhabi that houses a research institute for renewable energy which implemented a series of green technologies and infrastructures as a way to deal with climate change and prepare for a post-oil future.

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Produktdetails

• Experimental Futures
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781478000914
• ISBN-10: 1478000910
• Artikelnr.: 52530238

Autorenporträt

Gökçe Günel is Assistant Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

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