Presentation by: Salvador Guerrero García. 3C

DUBAIThe luxurious city in the world.

BASIC INFORMATION

• Dubai is the most poppulat city in UAE.

• Dubai is the capital of Dubai emirate.

• Lenguage: Arab.

• Oficial religion: Islam.

• Government: Constitutional monarchy.

• Prime minister of UAE: Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktum.

The mayority of tthe land is desert

It is on the Persian gulf, north-eastern

coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

Borders:

• In thesouth: Abu Dhabi

• In the north: Ras Al Khaimah

• In the east: Ajman

• In the west: sea

GEOGRPHY

URBAN PLAN AND URBAN CONSTRUCTION

Types of buildings:

• Skyscrapers

• Duplex

• Villas

Main districts: (tacks)

URBAN PLAN

URBANIZATION

Dubai has been the faster city

to grow in the wolrd.

https://earthengine.google.or

g/#intro/CreationOfDubai

ECONOMY

Main sources of income:

Before 1969

• Business.

• Fishing.

• Pearl trading.

After 1969

• Oil.

• Business.

Now 2015

• Tertiary sector.

• Business.

TOURISM

Main attractives:

• Extreme luxury.

• Shopping.

• Sport competitions.

• Cultural tourism.

POPULATION

Nacionality Percentage

UAE (mostly

Paki,

Bangladeshi,

Indian, Filipino,

Sri Lankan)

20%

expatriates 80%

1990 1985 1995 2005 2010 2013

population 263,449 354,175 669,181 1,305,060 1,874,729 2,173,344

density 236

hab/km2

318

hab/km2

600

hab/km2

1171

hab/km2

1682

hab/km2

1905

hab/km2

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• Water supply.

• Global warming.

• Electricity supply.

• Natural resources

• Pollution.

• Water

DUBAI IN THE HISTORY

• 1833: Dubai break away form

shaikhdom of abu dhabi.

• 1966: Oil is discovered.

• 1971:The UAE was created.

BIOGRAPHY

• NYTimes.com

• Dubai.ae

• Citypopulation.com

• Nasa.com

• greenprophet.com

• Googleimages.com

• Emirates.com

• Passportdiary.com

• Isocarp.org

• Expatarrivals.com