Tag: Unsustainable development

Burj residents sweat over developer threats to cut A/C and elevator services

Residents of the world's tallest building in Dubai are being punished over unpaid maintenance fees - some of them...

All Quiet in Taksim Square, for Now

Central Istanbul looks like a war zone as shells of burnt out vehicles simmer after a long day of...

5 of Turkey’s Most Unsustainable Development Projects

Turkey's Taksim square protest flared up last week when police took drastic measures to clear activists from Gezi Park-...

Sign to Save Lebanon’s Turtles! Ancient Naqura Coast on Mediterranean Sea At Risk

Campaigners in Lebanon are asking for support to protect an ancient Phoenician coastline which is under threat due to...

Megalomaniac Billionaire to Destroy Azerbaijan With Artificial McCity

If you ask him, Ibrahim Ibrahimov will probably tell you that his plan to build an archipelago of artificial islands,...

Controversial Renovation of Istanbul’s Taksim Square Has Begun

Despite all the criticism the plan received from urban planners, lawyers, activists, academics, and concerned citizens, Istanbul has begun...

We’d Need Five Worlds to Live Like the United Arab Emirates

If we all lived like the citizens of the UAE, we would need 5.4 planet earths to sustain us... Sometimes...

541 Jordan Trees Sacrificed for Dubai-esque Development Project

The privately-owned Abdali development company promises that the new 384,000 sqm commercial center in the heart of Jordan's capital...

Z: The Anonymous Tunisian Cartoonist Championing Nature

 'Z' is an anonymous cartoonist whose pink flamingo trademark came about due to his efforts to stop development projects...

New Mecca Mega-Scheme On The Way

A German company has just secured the contract for a mega project in Mecca which will house around 160,000...

Saudi’s Mecca is Becoming a Holy Sprawl

Despite having enough solar power to energize the planet for the next 20 centuries, Saudi Arabia has instead reaped...

Local Architect Questions the Logic of Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Groundwork

Doha-based architect Romi Sebastian questions the feasibility of Qatar's urban planning ahead of the 2022 World Cup Qatar is moving...