Dubai

High-rise Dubai: urban entrepreneurialism and the technology of symbolic power

by Michele Acuto

Twenty-first century metropolises are often engaged in a rivalry for primacy in many different geographical scales.... more Twenty-first century metropolises are often engaged in a rivalry for primacy in many different geographical scales. Dubai, a relatively new urban settlement, is not immune from such endeavor. The Emirate has undertaken an impressive urban revolution in a rather explicit attempt to become a novel New York. This viewpoint explores the present evolution of the city, illustrating how a centralized and hyper-entrepreneurial approach has characterized Dubai’s attempt to ascend in the ‘world urban hierarchy’ and establish itself as the image of the 21st century metropolis. Contrary to much of the eulogistic take that often features in city rankings, an analysis of this venture through the city’s contemporary urban restructuring unveils the problematic social effects of Dubai’s quest for “symbolic power” – that technique of ‘worldmaking’ that confers influence by constituting the given by stating and mediating it. The compulsive sprawl of ‘icons’ and ‘vertical cities’ associated with this practice might set the Emirate on a perilous course with disastrous social consequences. In this view, the article draws upon some of the most astonishing works-in-progress of this city – and the Burj Dubai in primis – to explain the complexity of this power, and the many contradictions that can arise with it as quickly as Dubai’s skyscrapers.

Globalization and heritage revival in the Gulf: An anthropological look at Dubai Heritage Village

by Sulayman Khalaf

2002. Journal of Social Affairs (UAE), Vol. 19, No. 75 (Fall), pp. 277-306

The debt crisis in Dubai

by Marga Peeters

After a historically long economic high-growth period the real estate sector in Dubai was hit hard in November 2009.... more After a historically long economic high-growth period the real estate sector in Dubai was hit hard in November 2009. Earlier that year, Dubai's oil-rich neighbour Abu Dhabi supported Dubai with financial aid. A number of facts shows that the debt problems of Dubai remain a concern for the United Arab Emirates. Several transmission channels are discussed along which a Dubai debt crisis can impact global developments.

The status of English in Dubai

by Mohammad Amir Samimi

Review of: Elsheshtawy (Yasser), Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle, London, Routledge, 2010, 294p.

by Denis Bocquet

Published in: Planning Perspectives, 2011, 26-4, p.665-667 (Please quote as such)

This book is an attempt to consider Dubai outside the dominant pictures and to shed light on  what
the... more This book is an attempt to consider Dubai outside the dominant pictures and to shed light on  what
the author calls the « hidden urban spaces » this city is rich of.

Global Dubai, Particular Challenges Ahead

by Amir Abdella

Causes and consequences of road traffic crashes in Dubai, UAE and strategies for injury reduction

by Mostapha Al-Dah

Characteristics of injury crashes in Dubai, UAE

by Mostapha Al-Dah

Characteristics of Injury Crashes in Dubai (UAE) and Strategies for Injury Reduction

by Mostapha Al-Dah

Dubai Camel Market Transnational Workers: An Ethnographic Portrait

by Sulayman Khalaf

Sulayman Khalaf. 2010. City and Society Journal. Vol, 22 (1) pp. 97-118

From Hub to Tourist Destination – An Explorative Study of Singapore and Dubai’s Aviation-Based Transformation.

by Gui Lohmann

Journal of Air Transport Management, 15 (5), pp. 205-211.

The Dubai Metro and the Global Crisis

by Denis Bocquet

published in "Il Giornale dell'Architettura, 2009, July-August, n.75, p.31

The Dubai Metro project a few weeks before the grand opening of the first two lines, in the context of a deep crisis... more The Dubai Metro project a few weeks before the grand opening of the first two lines, in the context of a deep crisis of the real estate sector that might endanger future developments of the planned network.
Questions about a possible "splintering urbanism" effect

Producing Diasporas and Globalization: Indian Middle-Class Migrants In Dubai

by Neha Vora