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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen J. RamosPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138253391ISBN 10: 1138253391 Pages: 212 Publication Date: 26 August 2016 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 Infrastructure, Port Cities, Development; Chapter 2 Blueprint; Chapter 3 Boom; Chapter 4 Jebel Ali; Chapter 5 Borrowing, Replication, Amplification; Chapter 101 Conclusion;Reviews'A landmark study of one of the world's major port cities and centers of global finance. Combines wonderful historical depth with original analysis and a remarkable summing up of the major lessons to be learned from the hectic story of Dubai's explosive growth. Destined to become a standard work of reference and an inspiration for further research.' Roger Owen, Harvard University, USA 'The book challenges preconceptions about Dubai's development in at least two major ways. It reveals how the real estate ventures of local and international speculators have been guided and supported by major investment on the part of the government in infrastructure. It also shows that underlying the sensationalism of the new is a long history of thinking, strategizing, planning, and of trying and erring. Ramos makes a major contribution to the study of urban development in Dubai and the Gulf region and to the formulation of the new relationship between urbanization and transportation infrastructure in the late 20th and early 21st century.' Hashim Sarkis, Harvard University, USA '... the book presents a thorough account of the development of Dubai from a business and engineering standpoint... useful to academics, planning practitioners, and policy-makers interested in contemporary moments of urbanism and may help inform the discourse of burgeoning port (re)developments in China and other key global trade nodes.' Geographical Research '... probably the best book one may read on the city-state'The Middle East Journal Author InformationDr Stephen J. Ramos, Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |