energy, climate change, and urban design in Abu Dhabi /
First Statement of Responsibility
Gökçe Günel.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Durham :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Duke University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2019]
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1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) :
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iilustrations.
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Series Title
Experimental futures
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Inhabiting the spaceship -- Beautiful buildings and research contracts -- Ergos : a new energy currency -- An expensive toy -- Subsurface workings.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Gökçe Günel 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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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctv1124j3v
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Title
Spaceship in the desert.
International Standard Book Number
9781478000723
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
City planning-- Environmental aspects-- United Arab Emirates-- Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)
Sustainable urban development-- 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)
City planning-- Environmental aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- City Planning & Urban Development.