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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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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 • 7 EMIRATES ABU DHABI, AJMAN, DUBAI, FUJAIRAH, RAS AL-SKAIMAH, SHARJAH & UMM AL-QUWAIN
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
UAE IS NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH NOR A REPUBLIC • FEDERATION OF 7 MONARCHIES – RULERS 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
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
DUBAI – SITE & SITUATION SAND – CRUSHED SHELL AND CORAL (FINE, CLEAN AND WITE) ALONG BORDER WITH OMAN WESTERN HAJAR MOUNTAINS
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
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
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
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)
DUBAI – GOVERNANCE DUBAI MUNICIPALITY (DM) EST. IN 1965 (RASHID bin SAEED AL MAKTOUM) PURPOSE – CITY PLANNING, CITIZENSHIP SERVICES AND UPKEEP OF LOCAL FACILITIES
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
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
62% 7.5%
DUBAI – FUNCTION • EARLIEST TOWN – 1799 DUBAI • DUBAI FORMALLY EST. IN EARLY 19TH CENTRUL BY AL ABU FALASA CLAN OF BANI • 1892 UK ASSUMED PROTECTION OF DUBAI (REMAINED UNDER CLAN CONTROL)
DUBAI – FUNCTION • GEO. LOCATION IMPORTANT TRADING HUB (PEARL DIVERS) • PEARL INDUSTRY STRONG UNTIL 1930s • WWI & GREAT DEPRESSION DESTROYED INDUSTRY JAPAN PRODUCED CULTURED PEARL • DUBAI DEPRESSION MANY STARVED & MIGRATED OUT
DUBAI – FUNCTION • BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY IMPORTANT PORT
DUBAI – FUNCTION • 1966 – OIL DISCOVERED • RESULT MASSIVE INFLUX OF FOREIGN WORKERS (POP. OF DUBAI BY 300%) • MODERN DUBAI 1971 AFTER UK LEFT UAE • 1979 FREE TRADE ZONE BUILT AROUND THE JEBEL ALI PORT (FOREIGN COMPANIES UNRESTRICTED IMPORT OF LABOUR AND EXPORT CAPITAL)
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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