Urban sustainability in the Arabian Gulf

Air conditioning and its alternatives

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10859986
AutoresT Winter (0000-0002-5825-6012, Deakin University, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume53
Fascículo15
Páginas3264-3278
Data de publicação2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042098015608782
OpenAlexW2344055997
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas24

This paper examines shifting approaches to urban sustainability in the Arabian Gulf by focusing on the issue of air conditioning and thermal comfort. It considers the recent foregrounding of tradition and heritage within the arena of mega-project development in Qatar, using the Msheireb Downtown Doha Project as an example of a wider regional trend around urban sustainability. Through its focus on air conditioning, the paper draws on Appadurai’s recent critique of design singularity to examine built environment sustainability in relation to the indoor comfort norms and practices, for both bodies and objects, which are now well established across the Gulf region

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