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Transforming Dubai: Oasis to Tourist’s Paradise

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  • Bikramaditya K. Choudhary
  • Nian Paul

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Owing to fast pace of urbanization and associated development, Dubai rose to global prominence in a matter of a few years. Dubai has transformed its geographical incapacities to phantasmagorical way of living; from building the superlative structures to its magnificent architectural fantasies, to the reconfiguring of a desert into an urban hub of business, logistics, tourism, and retail shopping paradise. In the race to achieve global competence, it has changed its ecological realities into pursuits driven by enigma of capital and desire of hyper-consumerism. The creation of the cityscape paralleled by vanishing natural and cultural spaces of the recent past, retrofitted with global desires like shopping complexes, beach resorts, luxurious hotels, ski clubs, art museums, operas, etc. The article is situated in the context of the urban spatial transformation of Dubai, driven by neoliberal politics and the changing human–nature relationships riding on the accelerating capital circulation.

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  • Bikramaditya K. Choudhary & Nian Paul, 2018. "Transforming Dubai: Oasis to Tourist’s Paradise," Contemporary Review of the Middle East, , vol. 5(4), pages 349-364, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:crmide:v:5:y:2018:i:4:p:349-364
    DOI: 10.1177/2347798918795936
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