L8 - Dubai

Question 1

spectacular urbanisation =

Answer 1

very fast, characterised by consumption, capital and infrastructure

Question 2

Dubai facts

Answer 2

70,000 (1970), 2m (now)

largest connectivity gains, petro-urbanisation

landmark infrastructural policies (palm island, burj khalifa, atlantis)

dubai inc

Question 3

‘Trucial Coast’ 1971

Answer 3

quasi-independent, autocratically run city states…oil building on FDI

migrant labour - ‘rentier state’ - cities run like corporations with no distinction between private/public spheres

Question 4

Dubai =

Answer 4

emulator/emulated

city/quasi-state

company/city project

90% foreigners