PALM-OASIS:   Reimagining a More-than-Human Dubai Waterfront 

 -  urbanNext,  January 18, 2023.  
 - 1096 words.  
<br/><br/> Contributors, Densities, Energy and sustainability, Essay, Formats, High Density, INCO(g)NTXT, Territory and mobility, Topics.  
<br/><br/>Artificial nature, Climate change, CO2 emissions, Design, Dubai, Ecology, Emergency architecture, Energy, Extreme environments, Food production, Geology, Geopolitics, Global warming, Inclusion, Innovation, Materials, Metabolism, Sea Level Rise, Self-sufficiency, Speculation, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Technology, Urban sociology, Waste management, Waterfront, Watery Territory.  
<br/><br/> Planned to be the world’s largest waterfront development shaped like a crescent, the Dubai Waterfront is in trouble due to financial crisis, land sinking, and rising sea levels. Furthermore, the ecological controversies surrounding the project run counter to the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Thus, the crescent is not included in the 2040 Dubai Urban Master Plan, leaving great uncertainties but at the same time a unique opportunity for design imagination. Assuming the former scheme no longer fits in with the current sociocultural and geopolitical context, what kind waterfront and islands could be built to demonstrate Dubai’s ambition to become the greatest self-sufficient and climate-friendly city in the world? 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2575-5374 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Energy and sustainability  Territory and mobility  High density Metabolism  CO2 emissions  Climate change