Why Dubai Built Around Ports, Trade and Air Cargo
In short: A look at why Dubai built its economy around ports, free zones and air links, weighing trade, oil, geography and state-led development, and what the evidence still leaves open.
A 2:07 short film in the series “Why Did…?”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: The Origin Archive (theoriginarchive.com), a company-history website; secondary source, unsourced, uses 'reportedly' and 'reports from the time', so key claims need independent corroboration, “The Founding - Emirates Airline Story | The Origin Archive”; Springer Nature (Springer, Cham). Chapter by Mina Akhavan, DASTU, Politecnico di Milano, in 'Port Geography and Hinterland Development Dynamics' (SpringerBriefs, 2020), “Making of a Global Port-City in the Middle East: The Dubai Model”; Cambridge University Press (International Journal of Middle East Studies, Cambridge Core); article by Martin Hvidt, “THE DUBAI MODEL: AN OUTLINE OF KEY DEVELOPMENT-PROCESS ELEMENTS IN DUBAI | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core”; Academia.edu (author-uploaded paper: Aqil, K., 2018). The abstract does not name a journal or venue. It covers the UAE region as a whole, not Dubai specifically., “Aqil, K. (2018). PEARL INDUSTRY IN THE UAE REGION IN 1869-1938: ITS CONSTRUCTION, REPRODUCTION, AND DECLINE.”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Dubai - Trade, Tourism, Oil | Britannica”; LEXAI (lexaidxb.com), reproducing the Government of Dubai's English translation of the decree from the Dubai Legislation Portal (dlp.dubai.gov.ae), © The Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate …, “Decree No. (1) of 1985 Establishing the Jebel Ali Free…”; IESET (open empirical economic policy framework; its page states results are not peer-reviewed by default), “IESET — empirically-grounded economic policy framework”.
Sources used in this film
- The Origin Archive (theoriginarchive.com), a company-history website; secondary source, unsourced, uses 'reportedly' and 'reports from the time', so key claims need independent corroboration — The Founding - Emirates Airline Story | The Origin Archive · View →
- Springer Nature (Springer, Cham). Chapter by Mina Akhavan, DASTU, Politecnico di Milano, in 'Port Geography and Hinterland Development Dynamics' (SpringerBriefs, 2020) — Making of a Global Port-City in the Middle East: The Dubai Model · View →
- Cambridge University Press (International Journal of Middle East Studies, Cambridge Core); article by Martin Hvidt — THE DUBAI MODEL: AN OUTLINE OF KEY DEVELOPMENT-PROCESS ELEMENTS IN DUBAI | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core · View →
- Academia.edu (author-uploaded paper: Aqil, K., 2018). The abstract does not name a journal or venue. It covers the UAE region as a whole, not Dubai specifically. — Aqil, K. (2018). PEARL INDUSTRY IN THE UAE REGION IN 1869-1938: ITS CONSTRUCTION, REPRODUCTION, AND DECLINE. · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Dubai - Trade, Tourism, Oil | Britannica · View →
- LEXAI (lexaidxb.com), reproducing the Government of Dubai's English translation of the decree from the Dubai Legislation Portal (dlp.dubai.gov.ae), © The Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate … — Decree No. (1) of 1985 Establishing the Jebel Ali Free… · View →
- IESET (open empirical economic policy framework; its page states results are not peer-reviewed by default) — IESET — empirically-grounded economic policy framework · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: The Origin Archive (theoriginarchive.com), a company-history website; secondary source, unsourced, uses 'reportedly' and: The Founding - Emirates Airline Story | The Origin Archive
- Also: Springer Nature (Springer, Cham). Chapter by Mina Akhavan, DASTU, Politecnico di Milano, in 'Port Geography and Hinterla: Making of a Global Port-City in the Middle East: The Dubai Model
- Also: Cambridge University Press (International Journal of Middle East Studies, Cambridge Core); article by Martin Hvidt: THE DUBAI MODEL: AN OUTLINE OF KEY DEVELOPMENT-PROCESS ELEMENTS IN DUBAI | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core
- Also: Academia.edu (author-uploaded paper: Aqil, K., 2018): Aqil, K. (2018). PEARL INDUSTRY IN THE UAE REGION IN 1869-1938: ITS CONSTRUCTION, REPRODUCTION, AND DECLINE.
- Also: Dubai - Trade, Tourism, Oil | Britannica
- Also: LEXAI (lexaidxb.com), reproducing the Government of Dubai's English translation of the decree from the Dubai Legislation: Decree No. (1) of 1985 Establishing the Jebel Ali Free…
- Also: IESET (open empirical economic policy framework; its page states results are not peer-reviewed by default): IESET — empirically-grounded economic policy framework
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