166 with Rafael Prieto-Curiel about „THE LINE“

(EPISODE IN ENGLISH)


As part of the NEOM settlement project, Saudi
Arabia began construction work on, what is called "THE LINE" in
November 2021.


Once finished the 170km long, 200m wide and 500m high city shall
provide housing for 9 million people. 


„The future of urban living“ is a promise of wealth, equality and
prosperity in a complete carbon neutral community at an estimated
cost of 500 billion dollars. 





The mathematician Rafael Prieto-Curiel, a PhD
graduate from University College London who works for the
Complexity Science Hub Vienna has his doubts
about that.


In a detailed paper, he analyzed the project in terms of
mobility, efficiency and general quality of life.





An intercontinental conversation about average commuting times
within THE LINE, on the merits of a circular arrangement, the
emergency resilience of the project, why public transport is key
and how a city, build from scratch can be called carbon neutral
once the emissions of the construction process have been taken
into account.





Episode Links


Rafaels Homepage:


https://rafaelprietocuriel.com


article on the website of the Complexity Science Hub:


https://www.csh.ac.at/why-saudi-arabias-the-line-is-not-a-revolution-in-urban-living/


The NEOM project:


https://www.neom.com





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