CITY BRANDING, SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE RENTIER STATE. HOW DO QATAR, ABU DHABI AND DUBAI PRESENT THEMSELVES IN THE AGE OF POST OIL AND GLOBAL WARMING?

In the past three decades Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have realised a meteoric economic rise.Whereas the former two can be considered ‘rentier states’ heavily depending on oil (and gas) revenues, the latter only leans on oil for a mere 6% of its gross domestic product (GDP).Although the economic rise has brought considerable welfare, it

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