1. Abu Dhabi as World: The City-State Consumes Harvey Molotch New York University University of Maryland 17 April 2015

2. Still another renaissance Silver and Gold Labor migration Infrastructures (elevators, rail, arsenic, hydrology) New forms of capital Environmental despoliation

3. “city as a growth machine” – (various forms across history)

4. Abu Dhabi Urbanism of a New Moment

7. Distinctive Conjuncture (late 1960’s) British Exit Petroleum Discoveries World Movements of Self-Determination Creation of United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1971

8. Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nayhan

9. Kinship into Hierarchy “Wasta” Radical Inequality

10. Peace and Unity Direct Payments, Welfare, “Jobs” “Villas” and land Polygamy Commercial partnerships (51% citizen control) “benevolent allocative state” (Davidson)

11. Legitimacy through Consumption Big House Big Family Big cars Malls Domestic workers and service classes

12. Galleria, Abu Dhabi

13. Al Fallah villas, for UAE nationals only Single family houses

14. Single-family house, Abu Dhabi

15. Worker camp, Al Ain Housing for 5,000 at Al Ain, Abu Dhabi

16. Staff and worker housing, Mustafah Abu Dhabi

17. “World Class” Starchitects (stereotype assault) Tourism Outside investors and investment outside Sovereign wealth funds Local Pride (alums of the West)

18. Entrance: “pork room” Spinney’s supermarket Contradictions: Islam (gender, religion, dress, diet) Sophistication Region vs. world

19. Colonial inversion Emirati are richest Emirati are “absolute citizens” (less than 15% of population) special hospitals, beaches, schools, etc. (Below: the usual color gradations)

20. Swarovski, “The Galleria” Abu Dhabi

21. World Marvels Dubai Mall

22. Guggenheim (Frank Gehry) 12xNYC Guggenheim

23. Zayed Museum, Norman Foster

24. Louvre Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel)

25. Performance Center, Zaha Hadid

26. NYU (Rafael Viñoly)

27. Masdar, Abu Dhabi (Norman Foster), MIT affiliated Zero emission city

28. Rush Job Nation Mixed Capacities: Buying the West – off the shelf Hilton, Louvre, Zara, Starbucks, etc etc But weak in tacit knowledge Poor implementation capacity, including development controls. Befouling earth, air, water.

29. Kafala system 85% population is migrant Majority on temporary visas Must have "sponsor” Cheating, deprivation, sorrow.

30. Worker housing, Abu Dhabi

31. Ritz Carlton Grand Canal Abu Dhabi

32. Future? Logics of inequality: Scaling up from rich suburb to rich region. Renting a global proletariat. Buy institutions and “creativity” off the shelf. “Aerotropolis” (Kasarda and Lindsay)

33. Back to Brechin: The City Eats the Hinterland (global) UAE as idiosyncratic moment? Or more like late 19 th c SF, a model of the future?

34. Reform Prospects? Cosmopolitan Blow-back (e.g. NYU)? Alumni Effects Internal Breaking Ranks Global Treaty Obligations

35. THANKS!