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Author:

Günel, Gökçe, 1983- author.

Title:

Spaceship in the desert : energy, climate change, and urban design in Abu Dhabi / Gokce Günel.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sustainable urban development--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)
City planning--Environmental aspects--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)
Technological innovations--Environmental aspects--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)
Urban ecology (Sociology)--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)--Abū Ẓaby (Emirate)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Inhabiting the spaceship -- Beautiful buildings and research contracts -- Ergos : a new energy currency -- An expensive toy -- Subsurface workings.

Series:

Experimental futures

ISBN:

1478000910
9781478000914
1478000724
9781478000723

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1032587795

LCCN:

2018031276

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)