ABSTRACT
Dubai’s economic fortunes have recently experienced a rollercoaster ride of rapid growth, bust, and slow uncertain recovery. The same events affected other cities in the Gulf region, though none as dramatically as Dubai, where work stopped on the ambitious Burj Dubai project—the tallest building in the world—until it was saved by the emirate of Abu Dhabi and duly renamed Burj Khalifa (after Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates).
