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Sadhna Arya, Gaining Ground: The Changing Contours of Feminist Organizing in Post-1990s India (Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2020), 265 pp. ₹650 (Paperback), ISBN 9789385606281. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Masdar, perhaps, is much more than a sum of its parts; 'aspiring to mitigate climate change and future energy scarcity through new business models, technological innovations and design solutions'. UAE wanted to establish its role as leader in the international arena of renewable energy and climate mitigation action; and Masdar became a hub for these exchanges as well as a career opportunity for specialists. Masdar Institute began operation in November 2007, and 3 years later Foster's Masdar city project, with its associated transportation infrastructure project were cancelled and Masdar was now promoted as a "city of possibilities" (p. 9). Masdar City is UAE's hub for renewable energy and clean technology, located close to the Abu Dhabi airport, the Yas Marina Formula 1 Circuit and the Al Ghazal Golf Course. [Extracted from the article]

The book attempts to trace how McHarg and Mumford were central to changing regional planning, landscape design and urban design in America. The first proposal for planned expansion using McHarg, a Master's Degree thesis on the Hill Town of Nainital, using McHarg's methods, was much acclaimed [[2]]. Cohen discusses Mumford's ideas on Ecohumanism, as it was to later influence McHarg. [Extracted from the article]