Comments on: Jumeira Gardens: A Super-City Within Dubai

By: pearl

pearl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:23:56 +0000

Hi,

The ingenuinity is what I admire.That is reflects the arabian, indian and pakistani culture. As in the south pacific, the small island nation of Solomon Islands is now undergoing social engineering shift that tracends development in the past decade.

Solomon Islanders like Dubains if I may use that word are culturally unique. The blend of indian, pakistani adds to arab flavour.

Good on ya Dubains engineers, architectes and planners.

Cheers buddies

Samani Logara Dausabea Kali’uae Getu

By: alexander-vn

alexander-vn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:03:29 +0000

amazing work

By: barryosullivan

barryosullivan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:35:16 +0000

Have to agree with above. these buildings are white elephants. energy & resources used to maintain will be off the scale. fine while there are billions to burn from oil wealth, but in -30 years time, these will be returning to dust, the money wasted. would be better spent on education & instilling some sort of work ethic in the locals. Education & friendships are sustainable across continents & time, but gardens in the desert, only for the goats & goatherds

By: jams

jams — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:14:42 +0000

Going up is good for who? who goes to these buildings? what kind of community is created? lifestyles of the rich and famously rich. do i need new Prada shoes to enter or will they accept torn up converse and a check. it won’t be long before these buildings will be ghosts. no green vines hanging from the tops with grass lawns adorning the outdoor space in the MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. so lots of money can buy almost anything, but sustainability is the true test of time and none of this has a drop of social or environmental responsibility. if you want to make a new vegas, just be honest about it.

By: saglek

saglek — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:26:21 +0000

North Americans have been spreding out on the open and barren lands since the Europeans arrived. I think going up is the right direction.

By: qdee24

qdee24 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:21:25 +0000

Call it what you want to call it, but America would not give these people work visas.
Plus, the amount they earn in one year in Dubai can buy them up to 2 acres of land in their villages in India.
How’s that for slave labor ?

By: organicgrid

organicgrid — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:46:49 +0000

Some really ugly architecture, what is he reason for building super tall skyscapers in the middle of a desert with hundreds of thousand of acres of open and barren land?

By: hellgate

hellgate — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:56:09 +0000

How can you call this “sustainable” when Dubai has no viable water supply? Desalination leaves a toxic brine only part of which can be reclaimed as salt or potash — and any aquifer withdrawals are already way beyond safe yields. This is greenwash at its most pathetic.

By: PaTrond

PaTrond — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:15:41 +0000

Dubai really got some really, really nice architecture. Only problem is their road problem, which is an extreme problem in Dubai. It takes about 6 hours the get to the centrum of Dubai when you’re traveling from Ras al Khaimah, which took me about 1 hour last time I were there. And 5 hours in traffic jams pollutes A LOT! Although: Their monrail system and the “smartsolution” giant buildings will hopefully do something with the need of cars.

Also: In Ras al Khaimah, there is very tiny with sidewalks, bicycling on the roads is suicide.

And about what some of you are calling slave laborets: Well, it’s better to work in UAE than where they come from. I agree they deserve even better, but it is atleast a beggining of making more money.

By: Jac

Jac — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:02:38 +0000

it all looks beautiful…but at $95 billion dollars and approx 300,000 illegal mistreated foreign labourers…it looks disgusting. Top up another $5 billion dollars and you can rid Philippines of debt.

By: Montauk123

Montauk123 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:26:28 +0000

What’s so sustainable about a city built for the rich located in the desert?

By: ehren

ehren — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:21:48 +0000

Christiane Amanpour had a great special on CNN about the slave trade in Dubai. Its economic slavery in most cases, like indentured servitude used in the sex trade or factory towns of the early 20th century in the US. People are brought in under false pretense, their passports are held and they are forced to “pay off” some imagined debt. It translates to free labor for the rest of their useful years until they are broken and tired, then they are sent home for whatever family they have left to take care of them in their enfeebled condition. Its deplorable, but no worse than anything anyone does. Governments tend to be evil, all the more so at times of rapid growth from underdeveloped status, when the moral climate has yet to catch up with the economic climate.

By: malik

malik — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:54:56 +0000

It’s true, dubai uses slave labor and hides them outside the city walls.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/gallery/2008/oct/08/1?picture=338366526

By: ahsanmw

ahsanmw — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:01:26 +0000

I wouldn’t call it slave labor, but for all intents and purposes it darn sure is similar. The only difference is that they aren’t shipping these workers over to dubai to have them work in poor labor conditions with shoty pay. Most of these people are migrating there themselves, because of the opportunity to work and earn for their family where they were unable to make the same wages if any back home.

I feel like this is mainly due to a caste system worst than that of India’s. Arab national’s feel like they are truly god’s gift to earth and so if you aren’t a gulf coast national don’t expect to be treated with the respect and decency you would afford any other human being, EVEN if an Arab waiter who is serving you. Human rights violations will not be accounted for until rights in general are distributed fairly in Dubai.

By: 7kate9

7kate9 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:31:53 +0000

These buildings are a,mazing. My only thought is that with 12 years until completion… won’t they be outdated in design and technology by then? Just a thought…it looks amazing though.

-Kate
http://www.greenertrends.com

By: jeanruss

jeanruss — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:03:18 +0000

I keep reading that Dubai uses slave labor. Is this true?

By: IBMMIB

IBMMIB — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:54:05 +0000

Everything I have seen from Dubai is always so refined in it’s design.
http://ibmblalab.blogspot.com