ABSTRACT
Masdar City was launched to immense publicity in the presence of world leaders at the City scape Abu Dhabi 2007 event and can now celebrate its sixth anniversary as one of the most spectacular future eco-city models ever presented with a solemn promise of almost instantaneous implementation. The last ten years of rapid development and the vast number of spectacular projects actually being built in the UAE have created a constant situation of suspended disbelief in the region. The Government-controlled organizations behind Masdar are ruled by an ideology of daily adjustments. The Government-run companies behind the Masdar Initiative claims to provide a blueprint for cities around the world striving for sustainability. Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, which is building Masdar City, is a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, which was established by and is owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi.
