Urban eco-modernisation and the policy context of new eco-city projects: Where Masdar City fails and why

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2417-2433

  Cugurullo, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eco city; ecological modernisation; Masdar City; Middle East; sustainability; sustainable cities; urbanisation and developing countries

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MARKET SYSTEM; MODERNIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; URBANIZATION;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; MASDAR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84979590805     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015588727     Document Type: Article

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