Emirate's vision requires people
According to urban legend, Dubai once kept a quarter of the world's tower cranes busy. But the one thing it now needs more than anything else is people. Without a growing population, Dubai's megaprojects do not make sense. Who will live in the tower blocks, work in the offices, or shop in the malls that the developers rushed to build?
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