Discovering Dubai
This is a selection of resources on Discovering Dubai available from the NLB catalogue or the Internet and is not meant to be an exhaustive list.
NLB print and digital resources
Dubai: The epicentre of modern innovation
This book discusses the implementation of sustained innovation success within several industry segments in Dubai. It also identifies the past, current and future innovation-related successes that lead to Dubai’s rise as the epicentre of innovation in the Middle East and the world.
Retrieved from OverDrive. myLibrary ID is required to access this database. All rights reserved. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2017.
Showpiece city: How architecture made Dubai
This work recounts the story of how renowned architects and professionals planned Dubai’s spectacular transformation through the 1970s. Drawing on exclusive interviews, private archives, old photographs, and government documents, the author describes how Dubai’s architecture was designed to proclaim Dubai’s place on the world stage.
Retrieved from OverDrive. myLibrary ID is required to access this database. All rights reserved. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2017.
Culture Shock! Dubai: A survival guide to customs and etiquette
This book offers a useful guide for anyone wanting to discover life in the emirate known as the “City of Gold”. It draws on insider knowledge to take visitors through the process of settling in, whether for short or longer stays.
All rights reserved. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2016.
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The 2030 Dubai Industrial Strategy aims to develop and implement long-term industrial policies to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of the industrial sector in Dubai and across its free zones. It identifies target industrial sectors and focuses on strengthening industrial integration – connecting the target sector with educational and research institutions to stimulate innovation and creativity with a view to developing strategic industries. In addition, the Dubai Industrial Strategy aims to create an attractive environment for these strategic industries.
The plan addresses the urban environment including both natural and built assets, and looks at the living experience of the people of Dubai and its visitors as a result of their interaction with this environment and the economic and social services provided. In addition, the plan also focuses on the economy, which is the city’s development engine and its fuel for its march forward.
Smart Dubai aims to make Dubai happiest city on earth
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