Analyzing the Rapid Growth of Dubai
Dubai is a city and province in the UAE(United Arab Emirates) that has experienced an enormous boom in wealth and tourism within the last 20-30 years. By analyzing each aspect of this geographical location using the 5 themes of this class I hope to gain a deeper understanding of how this "City of Gold" sprung out of the ground from almost nothing and came to be. Below I have embedded a map containing information that I found useful during my research. Throughout this post I'll ask you(the reader) to change layers in this map in order to isolate the information that I will be currently referencing. **Deactivate all layers except "Functional Regions."** To get the big picture of what Dubai really is, first you have to understand that it is more than a city. Dubai is one of the 7 "Emirates" that make up the United Arab Emirates. Dubai is known as the most wealthy of the 7 Emirates, but most would say that Abu Dhabi has the most power of the 7 Emirat