Dubai’s skyline is a marvel—and a mask. This essay argues the “Dubai model” is a rentier extraction system powered by the kafala labour regime, anti‑city urbanism, financial opacity, and U.S. security guarantees. Exporting it replicates spectacle without development.

Read: https://thinkingprospectus.substack.com/p/the-dubai-model-spectacle-servitude

#Dubai #Urbanism #Labour #Geopolitics #CityDesign #AntiCity #Transport #Housing #CriticalUrbanism #Gulf #Labour #PoliticalEconomy #Migration #Geopolitics #UrbanDevelopment #Gulf

How did Umeå become a model city for women?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilPANu_zeIY

#Umeå #urbanism #urbpol #umx #genderinclusive #citydesign #mobility

Induced demand isnt only a thing in public transport and city planning, i think.

it seems to apply to other human societies and communities too.

before creating a channel for selfies on my friendgroup discord (i know, but you try moving them over smh), nobody posted selfies. Before creating a channel for MMORPGs, nobody posted about their MMO game progress.

You build it, they will come

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Alter Kranen Würzburg 20/01/2022

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Platz der Luftbrücke Berlin 2025

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