In spite of the actual financial crisis, Dubai continues its rise. (here, in meters =D )
Indeed, Nakheel, a giant company specialized in real estate, has announced last week (during the seventh edition of "CITYSCAPE", a real estate show in Dubai) the last (but not the least!) project of the emirate : a new district called "Nakheel Harbour and Tower", which contained, among others, a tower measuring more than a kilometer! This new project will be achieved in 2020 and cost nearly nothing : 38 billions dollars. This new district will be situated near the "Canal des Arabes", another grandiose project.
Sorry for the smallness of my "résumé paragraph", but my intention this week is not to describe a new project in Dubai , but more to describe the "new" Dubai (or the United Arabs Emirates) in general. Indeed, on my point of view, Europeans don't really care about it, but they have to. I'm not saying that Dubai is a threat for us, but it's now a serious contestant for european cities (especially Paris and London) and sometimes for countries.
Firstly, Dubai is now the new "El dorado" for architects (for attractions parcs, museums, hotels but especially skyscrapers) , and represents how cities will be in the future (In Paris for example, there are, since 20 years, a lot of debates to know if we have to construct buildings which measured more than 37 meters (Paris intra-muros), whereas Dubai hesitates between blue and red to paint the new 450 meter-tower which represent a giant I-pod ( I know it's a stupid example, but that's exactly what's happening!)) Ok, it's maybe exaggerated. Near Paris, there will be 3 towers of 300 meters! YOUHOU! Nearly the Eiffel Tower! No innovations after more than 120 years! (I'm sorry to be ironic, I know that these towers in Paris will be "green", and that Paris doesn't really need giants buildings, but, for me, France is in an abyss concerning new innovating projects.)
Secondly, in links with the first part, Dubai wants to be the first touristic destination of the world. For the moment, it's Paris. However, even if peoples are very interested in history and "beauty" of a city, there are also interested in new technologies and innovation -> Dubai. Furthermore, Dubai is taking this beauty and history of France and recreated it! (For example Dubai will created a new district which will resemble exactly to the "old" Lyon.)
Then , economically speaking. I'm not going to make an other giant part because I can write more than 5687 pages, but it's very important. Indeed, even if the United Arabs Emirates will not be a superpower, they are now heavily presents in Occidentals economies (especially because of the actual crisis, because they took big parts of occidentals companies in diffuculties). And, if they really want, they can buy all the occidentals companies with their "Petro-dollars". I think it's important, very important. They will also create a common currency with others Middle-East country!
I'm not saying that we have to fight again Dubai, but if Europeans want to continue to "lead the world" (technologically and economically speaking), they have to consider that the contestants are now in Asia (China, Middle-East countries) and to be united because today, France or Britain alone can't compete these countries.
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Very interesting and some great comments!
I don't mind a less formal tone at all, especially in the comment para, as long as you are careful to back up your opinions with real arguments and examples. That said, try and:
(a) avoid light-hearted comments in the resumé para: this para should be simple and serious so as not to mislead the reader about the content of the article;
(b) avoid repeating yourself too much ("it's very important..." recurs a little too often to be convincing!); and
(c) avoid irrelevant comments (about your dinner, your cat, or the number of pages you're capable of writing...).
It's a little difficult to judge your resumé para since the link you provide does not go to an article on the Nakheel Harbour and Tower district. Nevertheless, I would have liked the resumé to be slightly more serious and down-to-earth. Perhaps you could also have given your images titles and provided sources. How do they relate to your article? What do they represent?
The links are a useful addition and provide some interesting information.
This would have been another excellent week if you had not been late with your work!
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