Dubai’s growing landscape raises a serious question in this author’s mind. Will its ongoing expansion completely overshadow its geographical map? Will there be no more free land left to walk around, once the real estate frenzy had died down? I was reading about the Dubai Palm islands, also watched some videos that depicted how the dredging work had been taking place there. It is amazing to see those islands growing up out of nowhere, and the sea water being pushed back in the due course. It may not be feasible to turn the whole of Arabian Sea into a huge island – either from the technical or from the environmental points of view. However, there is no stopping as far as the desert is concerned. It has got no vegetation that we should be wary of destroying. On the other hand, the world is eager to invest its money and to share its manpower and knowledge with a friendly nation in Dubai. Therefore, we shouldn’t be surprised if Dubai’s growth overran its desert completely, sometime in the years to come.
Isn’t it the same dominance over the desert, we have spoken about; Dubai is trying to achieve even today? From its north to south and the...