A desert city with superb infrastructure only 6 hours from Finland. Dubai is definitely on of the best places to visit during winter for shopping, sunbathing and fine dining.
40 years ago there was nothing else than the Dubai Creek and H H Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Oil was discovered in 1966 and the change has been rapid since then.
Dubai Aerials 1973-2006
The present ruling emir of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is maintaining the same effort and the current aerial master plan looks like following:
Dubai Master Plan
The Palm islands and Dubai Waterfront can be clearly seen in the picture. The scale is huge: for example the Palm Jebel Ali (the first palm island from the left) measures 7.5km by 7.5km. The projects go on. World’s largest airport, the longest fully automated rail system with a women and children only section (70km in total), tallest building…
So who are the players behind this? Government owned Dubai World is a holding company that manages and supervises the portfolio of businesses and projects for Dubai Government. Nakheel Properties is a real estate developer owned by Dubai World and its main competitor in residential development in Dubai is Emaar Properties which is a Dubai-based Public Joint Stock Company and one of the world’s largest real estate companies.
Nakheel Promotionvideo of Dubai Waterfront
And finally a few words about Burj Dubai, soon to become the tallest building in the world. The final height is kept secret due to competition but initially it was planned to be around 800 meters. However a more recent articles have stated a final height over 940 meters i.e. 195 floors. Up to date information can be found from a site, which is following the construction almost daily.
If you are interested in skyscrapers in general a good place to start is SkyscraperCity, a forum full of photos and discussion what is happening all around the world.
Burj Dubai Concept
I visited Dubai in 2000 and fortunately I had to possibility to refresh the experience this January. Next I’ll write a few lines about places worth visiting but this time only in Finnish.
Dear Colleague:
I am interested in the Dubai Master Plan image. Would it be possible to acquire a high resolution version to include in a forthcoming book on urban design? If a high-resolution not available, would it be possible to allow me to use it as is?
I greatly appreciate your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
Kheir
Hello,
I found the image from Skyscrapercity – http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=210205 So I think markmywords would be the person to ask futher questions.
Best,
-martti
Please note this is a reminder….
Dear Freind:
I am interested in the Dubai Master Plan image. Would it be possible to use the aerial image of the Dubai’s man-made isalnds in your website for my academic book on tall buildings and cities.
I greatly appreciate your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
Kheir Al-Kodmany,
Assocaite Professor
Urban Planning and Policy Department
University of Illinois at Chicago
Hello,
I’m writing a seminar paper with the title “urban development of Dubai”, that’s why i’m interested in the picture inclueding the aearials of dubai from 1973-2007. i’d like to use it in my paper so i wanted to ask if 1. i am allowed to use it and 2. if you can tell me the type of satellite with which they were taken.
Thank you beforehand,sincerely..
Zuhal Öztürk