{"id":44914,"date":"2026-08-14T18:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44914"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:36:40","slug":"can-you-engineer-civic-pride-dubai-thinks-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44914","title":{"rendered":"Can You Engineer Civic Pride? Dubai Thinks So"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Do they do this out of fear of being caught and fined? Certainly, rules\u2014and strict consequences for breaking them\u2014are important for creating and maintaining clean spaces. Singapore, my home of two years in the early 2000s, may be the most striking <a href=\"https:\/\/theconstructivemindset.substack.com\/p\/behavioural-governance-2\" target=\"undefined\">example of the effectiveness of punishment<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">But it is too facile to ascribe cleanliness to enforcement alone. Research shows that, over time, people stop littering even when there\u2019s no risk of being caught and punished, because it feels wrong. That was true in Singapore, and it is true in Dubai. \u201cMaybe for the first few weeks or months, you think about the penalties for breaking the law,\u201d remarked Kanchan. \u201cThen you start thinking, \u2018This is my town, it\u2019s a pretty clean town\u2026 I\u2019d like it to stay that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 id=\"dubai-and-a-question-of-civility\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 font-editorial text-black-coffee text-mobile-h3 lg:scroll-mt-28 lg:text-h3 mb-4\">Dubai and a question of civility <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Dubai takes its ranking in global indices very seriously, since the quality of life it offers is a major draw for investors, immigrants and tourists as well as an instrument of its soft power. So you won\u2019t be surprised to learn that municipal authorities are testing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/uae-guide\/dubai-civility-committee-sheikh-mohammeds-vision-for-a-beautiful-refined-city\/2929\" target=\"undefined\">AI cameras to supervise how people treat public space<\/a>. Those found to be littering can expect stiff fines. But in addition to the stick, the emirate is also investing in carrots. Last fall, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/uae\/new-dubai-civility-committee-sheikh-hamdan-announces\" target=\"undefined\">launched the Dubai Civility Committee<\/a>, with an ambitious mandate to \u201cpromote positive behaviors\u201d among residents. \u201cNo matter how good your enforcement mechanisms are, there\u2019s always a chance of a window breaking somewhere,\u201d said Saeed al Nazari, secretary general of the committee. \u201cWe want the whole community to be involved in prevention\u2014and, when necessary, in repair.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do they do this out of fear of being caught and fined? Certainly, rules\u2014and strict consequences for breaking them\u2014are important for creating and maintaining clean spaces. Singapore, my home of two years in the early 2000s, may be the most striking example of the effectiveness of punishment. But it is too facile to ascribe cleanliness&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.time.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/bltedd2daef562616d4\/6a7db2322067056b3740f743\/GettyImages-2269058829.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}