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"A small town on a sandy creek half a century ago, Dubai is now the largest trading, commercial, leisure and transport entrepot in the Gulf and wider region. This book explains the reasons for the emergence of Dubai and its distinctive development trajectory, arguing that the decision, in the 1970s, to invest in infrastructure made possible by shipping containerization laid the foundations for its future expansion. The book shows that in contrast to its competitors' hydrocarbon rentier economic model, Dubai's creation and expansion of ports and airports, together with 'value-added' logistics and business-friendly enhancements, were used to out-compete regional rivals. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary sources, including interviews with logistics business-people, government records, memoirs, it fills a significant lacuna in the history of Dubai's development and emergence as a global trade hub."--

Business logistics. --- Economic development. --- Dubai (United Arab Emirates) --- Commerce.

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Newlywed Delphi is devastated when the tycoon who captured her heart in a whirlwind romance seems more enamored with his work than her. After one broken promise too many, she's had enough! But Omar Al Majid has other ideas! He convinces her to return with him to Dubai, only to be confronted by the truth: their marriage is a mirage. And his relentless drive to create an empire that is his alone is to blame. Now, if he's to win Delphi back, he must reimagine everything he believed their life together could be...

Man-woman relationships --- Man-woman relationships. --- Marriage --- Marriage. --- Married people --- Married people. --- Dubai (United Arab Emirates) --- United Arab Emirates

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From the record-breaking architecture of Dubai to the majestic gravitas of buildings found in Abu Dhabi, this book combines the diversity and complexity of the United Arab Emirates. Indeed, the rich building culture of the lesser known emirates Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fu-jairah is also given emphasis. The (architectural) history of the country is deeply anchored in Arabic tradition and was also influenced by Persia, other neighbouring countries and colonial powers. In 1971 the seven emirates established the United Arab Emirates (UAE). What followed was a race to catch up which catapulted the State from a modest Bedouin society into the era of the Burj Khalifa. At the same time, the country is increasingly shedding its dependency on oil and gas and investing heavily in trade, tourism and construction. Masdar City and Yas Island of Abu Dhabi and the towering skyscrapers of Dubai are the most striking results of the economic upswing. In 2020, Dubai will host the Expo - a first in the region.

Architecture --- Abū Ẓaby (United Arab Emirates) --- Dubai (United Arab Emirates) --- Shāriqah (United Arab Emirates) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Buildings, structures, etc.

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Office buildings --- Tall buildings --- Architecture, Modern. --- Immeubles de bureaux --- Immeubles de grande hauteur --- Architecture moderne --- Designs and plans --- Dessins et plans --- Reiser + Umemoto. --- Dubai (United Arab Emirates) --- Dubayy (Emirats arabes unis) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Constructions --- Designs and plans.

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This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination.

Foreign workers --- Immigrants --- Economic development --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Business & Economics --- Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) --- Emigration and immigration --- Economic aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Alien labor --- Aliens --- Foreign labor --- Guest workers --- Guestworkers --- Immigrant labor --- Immigrant workers --- Migrant labor (Foreign workers) --- Migrant workers (Foreign workers) --- Employment --- Dubai (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) --- Dibai (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) --- Dubai --- Imārat Dubayy (United Arab Emirates) --- State of Dubai (United Arab Emirates) --- Sheikhdom of Dubai (United Arab Emirates) --- Shaikhdom of Dubai (United Arab Emirates) --- Debei (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) --- Debai (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) --- دبي (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) --- Emirate of Dubai (United Arab Emirates) --- إمارة دبيّ‎ (United Arab Emirates) --- Social sciences. --- Ethnology --- Economic sociology. --- Area studies. --- Ethnicity. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Emigration and immigration. --- Social Sciences. --- Migration. --- Middle Eastern Culture. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Area Studies. --- Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. --- Ethnicity Studies. --- Immigration --- International migration --- Migration, International --- Population geography --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Colonization --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Area research --- Foreign area studies --- Education --- Research --- Geography --- Economic sociology --- Economics --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Middle East. --- Study and teaching --- Social aspects --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Persons --- Employees --- Ethnology-Middle East . --- Ethnology—Middle East .