Arab Sustainable Urbanism: Worlding Strategies, Local Struggles
Abstract
Unlike many metropolises that use green
urbanism as a worlding strategy, Arab cit-
ies seem reluctant to embark on ambi
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tious 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 proj-
ects such as Masdar should not hide
ongoing unsustainable urbanization fea-
tures. 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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