11. Consuming Abu Dhabi

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Introduction: Learning from Gulf Cities 1
5. Section I. The Gulf as Transnational
6. 1. Giving the Transnational a History: Gulf Cities across Time and Space 35
7. 2. Problematizing a Regional Context: Representation in Arab and Gulf Cities 58
8. 3. Mobilities of Urban Spectacle: Plans, Projects, and Investments in the Gulf and Beyond 79
9. Section II. Assembling Hybrid Cities
10. 4. A Gulf of Images: Photography and the Circulation of Spectacular Architecture 99
11. 5. Planning for the Hybrid Gulf City 130
12. 6. Planning from Within: NYU Abu Dhabi 147
13. Section III. Urban Test Beds for Export
14. 7. Gateway: Revisiting Dubai as a Port City 175
15. 8. Exporting the Spaceship: The Connected Isolation of Masdar City 194
16. 9. “Two Days to Shape the Future”: A Saudi Arabian Node in the Transnational Circulation of Ideas about New Cities 213
17. Section IV. Audacity, Work-Arounds, and Spatial Segmentation
18. 10. Real Estate Speculation and Transnational Development in Dubai 235
19. 11. Consuming Abu Dhabi 256
20. 12. A Quest for Significance: Gulf Oil Monarchies’ International Strategies and Their Urban Dimensions 276
21. Conclusion: From Gulf Cities Onward 300
22. Acknowledgments 321
23. About the Contributors 323
24. Index 327