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From: Architexturez <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:06:20 +0530
Architexturez wrote:
Abu Dhabi rules out 'cataclysmic' growth
by Safura Rahimi on Wednesday, 09 May 2007
"It's about ensuring that the infrastructure is planned and structured,
rather than addressing the issues afterwards and then trying to get
supply and connections systems set up after the event. There's more
investment and forward planning at the conceptual level.
"We want development as much as Dubai does, but in Abu Dhabi they
believe that developments can be integrated into the existing systems
with minimal impact and maximum value if it is properly scheduled and
planned for."
While Dubai hits the headlines for its attention grabbing architecture
and its constant attempts to build bigger and taller, Abu Dhabi has been
in the spotlight for a different reason. In a region that has been
singled out as one of the highest emitters per capita of carbon monoxide
and greenhouse gases in the world, the Abu Dhabi government sees
investment in alternative energy resources as crucial.
cont'd....
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12444:waking-up-the-sleeping-giant&Itemid=71