2019
2019-06-25
10.17192/meta.2019.12.7935
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Arab Sustainable Urbanism: Worlding Strategies, Local Struggles
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Unlike many metropolises that use green urbanism as a worlding strategy, Arab cities seem reluctant to embark on ambitious schemes addressing sustainability issues. To explain this situation, the article highlights three arguments. Firstly, as state-led governance prioritizes social stability, existing green plans have been scrapped in the face of political threats. Second, large, allegedly sustainable projects such as Masdar should not hide ongoing unsustainable urbanization features. Thirdly, the dominant framings of sustainability tend to focus on global issues (greenhouse gas emissions and low carbon energy), hence neglecting local claims for sustainability that do not fit into global environmental narratives.
Megaprojects
Arab Cities
Rentier States
Climate Change
Green Urbanism
2019-06-25
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Megaprojects
Arab Cities
Vol 12 (2019)
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Urban Development
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Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS)
Middle East - Topics + Arguments
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General history of Asia; Middle East
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Rentier States
Climate Change
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Unlike many metropolises that use green urbanism as a worlding strategy, Arab cities seem reluctant to embark on ambitious schemes addressing sustainability issues. To explain this situation, the article highlights three arguments. Firstly, as state-led governance prioritizes social stability, existing green plans have been scrapped in the face of political threats. Second, large, allegedly sustainable projects such as Masdar should not hide ongoing unsustainable urbanization features. Thirdly, the dominant framings of sustainability tend to focus on global issues (greenhouse gas emissions and low carbon energy), hence neglecting local claims for sustainability that do not fit into global environmental narratives.
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Arab Sustainable Urbanism: Worlding Strategies, Local Struggles
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