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DUBAI – WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING CITY

DUBAI – WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING CITY. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. A FEDERATION  SOUTHEAST OF ARABIAN PENISULA (SW ASIA) ON PERISAN GULF BORDERS OMAN AND SAUDI ARABIA SHARES SEA BORDERS WITH IRAQ, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, QATAR & IRAN. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. CALLED EMIRATE  RULED BY EMIRES

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DUBAI – WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING CITY

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  1. DUBAI – WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING CITY

  2. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • A FEDERATION  SOUTHEAST OF ARABIAN PENISULA (SW ASIA) • ON PERISAN GULF • BORDERS OMAN AND SAUDI ARABIA • SHARES SEA BORDERS WITH IRAQ, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, QATAR & IRAN

  3. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • CALLED EMIRATE  RULED BY EMIRES • 7 EMIRATES  ABU DHABI, AJMAN, DUBAI, FUJAIRAH, RAS AL-SKAIMAH, SHARJAH & UMM AL-QUWAIN

  4. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • BEFORE 1971, THE UAE WAS KNOWN AS THE TRUCIAL STATES OR TRUCIAL OMAN (REFERENCE TO A 19TH CENTURY TRUCE BETWEEN UK AND SEVERAL ARAB SHEIKHS • UAE HAS CONSTITUTION & PRESIDENT • CURRENT PRESIDENT KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN

  5. UAE IS NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH NOR A REPUBLIC • FEDERATION OF 7 MONARCHIES – RULES HAVE ABSOLUTE POWER WITHIN THEIR EMIRATES • HEAD OF GOVERNMENT (PRIME MINISTER_  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SECURITY & DEFENCE NATIONALITY AND IMMIGRATION ISSUES, EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEATH, CURRENCY, POSTAL, TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATON SERVICES, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, LABOUR RELATIONS, BANKING, EXTRADTION OF CRIMINALS • ALL OTHER RESPONSBILITIES NOT GRANTED TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ARE RESERVED TO THE EMIRATES

  6. DUBAI – SITE & SITUATION LOCATED AT 25.2697° N & 55.3095°E 16 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL AREA – 4,110 KM2 (FROM 3,900 KM2 THROUGH LAND RECLAMATION PROJECTS WITHIN ARABIAN DESERT

  7. DUBAI – SITE & SITUATION SAND – CRUSHED SHELL AND CORAL (FINE, CLEAN AND WITE) ALONG BORDER WITH OMAN  WESTERN HAJAR MOUNTAINS

  8. DUBAI – SITE & SITUATION NO NATURAL RIVER BODIES DOES HAVE A NATURAL INLET (DUBAI CREEK) WHICH HAS BEEN DREDGED TO MAKE IT DEEP ENOUGH FOR LARGE VESSELS TO PASS THROUGH

  9. DUBAI – SITE & SITUATION MUCH OF SOUTH  SAND DUNES AND EVENTUALLY LEADS TO DESERT (THE EMPLY QUARTER) VERY STABLE ZONE  NEAREST FAULT LINE IS 200KM AWAY (ZAGROS) POSSIBILITY OF TSUNAMIS IN REGION IS MINIMAL BECAUSE PERISIAN GULT WATERS ARE NOT DEEP ENOUGH

  10. DUBAI – SITE & SITUATION VEGETATION  WILD GRASSES, DATE PLAMS, HYACINTHS, ACACIA AND GHAF TREES CLIMATE – HOT, ARID SUMMERS – EXTREMELY HOT, WINDY & DRY (~40°C) WINTERS – COOL AND SHORT (~23°C) TOTAL PRECIPITAITON ~150mm

  11. DUBAI – GOVERNANCE RULED BY AL MAKTOUM FAMILY SINCE 1833 MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM (VICE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER OF UAE AND MEMBER OF SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE UNION)

  12. DUBAI – GOVERNANCE DUBAI MUNICIPALITY (DM) EST. IN 19654 (RASHID bin SAEED AL MAKTOUM) PURPOSE – CITY PLANNING, CITIZENSHIP SERVICES AND UPKEEP OF LOCAL FACILITIES

  13. DUBAI – GOVERNANCE DM CHAIRED BY HAMDAN BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM DEPUTY RULER OF DUBAI IN CHARGE OF ROADS, PLANNING, SURVEY, ENVIORNMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, FINANCIAL AFFAIRS & SANITAITON AND SEWAGE

  14. DUBAI – FUNCTION • LARGEST POPULATION OF 7 EMIRATES • 2ND LARGEST LAND MASS (ABU DHABI – 1ST) • ABU DHABI & DUBAI HAVE VETO POWER OVER CRITICAL NATIONAL IMPORTANCE OVER OTHER EMIRATES

  15. 59.6% 7.5%

  16. DUBAI – FUNCTION • EARLIEST TOWN – 1799 DUBAI • DUBAI FROMALLY EST. IN EARLY 19TH CENTRUL BY AL ABU FALASA CLAN OF BANI • 1892 UK ASSUMED PROTECTION OF DUBAI (REMAINED UNDER CLAN CONTROL)

  17. DUBAI – FUNCTION • GEO. LOCATION  IMPORTANT TRADING HUB (PEARL DIVERS) • PEARL INDUSTRY STRONG UNTIL 1930S • WWI & GREAT DEPRESSION DESTROY INDUSTRY  MANY RESIDENTS (JAPAN PRODUCED CULTURED PEARL) • DUBAI  DEPRESSION MANY STARVED & MIGRATED OUT

  18. DUBAI – FUNCTION

  19. DUBAI – FUNCTION • BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY  IMPORTANT PORT

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  22. DUBAI – FUNCTION • 1966 – OIL DISCOVERED • RESULT  MASSIVE INFLUX OF FOREIGN WORKERS (POP. OF DUBAI BY 300%) • MODER DUBAI  1971 AFTER UK LEFT UAE • 1979 FREE TRADE ZONE BUILD AROUND THE JEBEL ALI PORT (FOREIGN COMPANIES UNRESTRICTED IMPORT OF LABOUR AND EXPORT CAPITAL)

  23. DUBAI – FUNCTION • TODAY  GLOBAL CITY • BUSINESS HUB • ECONOMY WAS DRIVEN BY OIL  MODEL OF BUSINESS (LIKE THE WEST) & WHAT DRIVES THE ECONOMY • MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME  TOURISM, REAL ESTAE & FINANCIAL SERVICES

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