At first while reading this I believed that Masdar is a city too good to be true. It is a great ending to our course because it combines all of the issues we were talking about all semester and incorporates the solutions for them. Although at the end it may not be totally feasible and is very expensive to build, it is a start in changing the mindset and raising awareness for the younger generation.
Although the city ended up a failure or the plans not going through, I don’t see it as a failure. I don’t think the planners actually thought that this would be feasible for other cities to follow. However, this project was a success because it proved that this sort of planning and solutions are possible and it raised awareness so future planners can look back and use the same methods.