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When Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed stooped to lay a stone in the ground on February 11, it signified more than the inauguration of yet another poorly built, concrete-heavy Middle Eastern city.

By kicking off the $22 billion Masdar City project, due for completion in 2016, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi further promoted claims by the United Arab Emirates to be the most forward-thinking and sustainably built and managed nation in the world.

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