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Waterfront Dubai: the Middle East creates a model for the future

Dubai, the UAE and the Gulf region: overviews of infrastructure, construction and Government

Bigger, taller, better? Dubai’s major projects

Welcome to the Gulf's fantasy islands - and their reality

Dubai, Dubai, quite contrary: how does the city grow?

Sinister paradise: does the road to the future end at Dubai?

Sustainable urban development in Dubai (and beyond)

Trains, planes and automobiles: transport planning in Dubai

Skilling the workforce for Middle Eastern development

Realising the fantastic: is Dubai the world's development laboratory?

Dubai’s growing thirst for resources

Urbanising Kabul

Dubai: admire but don’t be dazzled by the desert mirage

‘Modernising’ nature in the UAE