This paper develops the concept of thermal governance as a way to think critically about urbanisation and the management of heat at a time of climate change. Through the urban history of Doha between the 1950s and the 1980s, this paper deploys thermal governance to rethink urbanisation and air-conditioning dependency in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) cities, especially in relation to the notion of petro-urbanism. The ‘thermal’ in the concept emphasises the spatial connections of thermal exchanges across different scales and domains. This paper uses architecture, cooling technologies and urban thermal metabolism to understand the relations between hydrocarbons and political power. It specifically explores the linkages between the circulation of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon revenues on the one hand, and thermal privilege and violence in Doha and other GCC cities on the other hand. The notion of ‘governance’ allows the paper to move away from techno-centric and purportedly objective ways of understanding heat to comprehend how social and political power are implicated in the management of heat.

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热治理、城市新陈代谢和碳化舒适度：海湾和多哈的空调和城市化


本文提出了热治理的概念，作为在气候变化时期批判性地思考城市化和热管理的一种方式。通过 1950 年代至 1980 年代多哈的城市历史，本文部署了热治理来重新思考 GCC（海湾合作委员会）城市的城市化和空调依赖性，特别是与石油城市主义概念相关的问题。概念中的“热”强调了不同尺度和域之间热交换的空间联系。本文使用建筑、冷却技术和城市热代谢来了解碳氢化合物与政治权力之间的关系。它专门探讨了碳氢化合物的流通和碳氢化合物收入与多哈和其他海湾合作委员会城市的热特权和暴力之间的联系。“治理”的概念使本文能够摆脱以技术为中心和据称客观的理解热量的方式，以理解社会和政治权力如何与热量管理有关。