Social Inequalities In Dubai

Earth is very diverse in the sense of variation, whether it is culture, language and social behaviours. Social inequalities have a major influence on an area and transform place. An example of this is a city which 185 years ago was just a small fishing settlement (Dubai.com, 2015). The city Dubai, where there is a diverse spread of ethnicities and an extremely male dominated population. The technological advances in Dubai are amazing and have changed the place in terms of topography as well as massive advances with infrastructure which have boosted the tourism industry largely in Dubai which drives the consumer culture which most definitely exists in the city. The crime rate is also a very desirable and makes the place more attractive to tourists

With a stable and large economy Dubai is able to start heading in a green direction in terms of sustainable energy, even though the city was built on oil. These points highlight how Dubai has been made and transformed and will be further discussed in this essay.

In the super city Dubai, a place which not so long ago was a desolate desert where very few lived is now a thriving metropolis with a population of 2,404,237 (S, Lamia, Al-Neef & b, 2014) . The main monetary contribution to the industrialization of Dubai was from the raw material crude oil that was discovered in 1966 (Dubai-info.org, 2015) in the Fateh Oil Field (Emirates, 2015). Since it was realised the oil was not a sustainable to maintain their economy, decisions were made to focus on tourism and real-estate (Stone, 2014).

Dubai has been rapidly expanding, both through sprawl and increase density inside the CBD. When Dubai was on the up rise people of foreign ethnicities migrated to Dubai due to the demand in labourers (BBC News, 2015). With most labourers said to have come from the South and South-East Asia according to Smith (2010). The main countries which people migrated were

The Palm Jumeirah was made from large amounts of rock and sand deposited into the ocean off of the coast of Dubai, to be specific 5.5 million cubic meters of rocks and 94 million cubic meters of sand. This brings in many tourists from western countries that bring with them their own culture as well as money which feeds the city’s economy. The constant stream of tourists into Dubai and the contact with local culture is contributing to the ongoing growth and expansion of the super city. Consumer culture for example is taken advantage of. Festivals such as the Dubai Shopping Festival draws in many people to buy the newest and in style consumables while many are already on holiday in the city (Mydsf.ae, 2015). In 1996 the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) attracted 1.6 million people and in 2012 The DSF attracted upwards of 4.36 million visitors (Mydsf.ae, 2015). This means that there will be more infrastructures built in order to accommodate the increase in tourists in future years. Take note that this is only one reason why tourists are drawn to the city. Another reason is the low crime rate in comparison to cities of a similar size around the world (Osac.gov, 2015). Dubai is constantly growing with no look of slowing down in the near future.