On the outskirts of Dubai, a shimmering metropolis built on buried oil lies a small but similarly suave community looking at a new way of doing things. It is no small irony that the world’s most brazen exemplar of fossil-fueled excess is also home to a cutting-edge example of more thoughtful modern living.
Beyond oil: inside Dubai’s sustainable city
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