A Rare Tour Of Masdar, The Failed Smart City In The Arabian Desert
Envisioned as Abu Dhabi's zero-carbon "ecotopia," today's Masdar is incomplete—and still far from its sustainability goals.
When it was conceived over a decade ago by the Abu Dhabi government, Masdar City was envisioned as a blueprint for the sustainable city of the future. The plan was to combat the United Arab Emirate's large ecological footprint with a completely carbon-neutral metropolis: it would be a global hub for the cleantech industry, powered by solar panels and wind tunnels, with a system of driverless electric cars taking the place of mass transit.
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