Chris Monsour
Chuck Stull
Economics of Global Travelers
23-May-2014
1. For the city of Dubai in the UAE, it falls directly in the heart of Central Places. There is a vast business district in the center of the city that is surrounded by other zones such as factories, airports, sea ports (including the largest port in the Middle East, Jebel Ali), and working-class neighborhoods. The business district is also associated with the hotel/resort district. The Burj al-Arab, Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Mall (one of the biggest malls in the world), and numerous financial headquarter centers are all spread out within downtown Dubai. There are smaller attractions and businesses surrounding the central business district before the sprawl turns into numerous airports including Dubai International Airport, as well as manufacturing plants, misc. factories, and lower-income housing.
2. Dubai offers the largest skyscrapers in the world, a vast ocean coast used for both tourism, ports, and marinas, overall opulence at its finest, and much more. Dubai is a great example of a city that truly has everything. It is one of the most magnificent destinations and urban areas in the entire world. The only thing unavailable there that I can think of is grass. As funny as it seems, because the UAE is one giant desert, there isn't much grass within the country. Dubai did not bother to lay out a lot of fake grass around the city. Grass may not be available in a higher order city either just because of the amount of infrastructure in such a close proximity, however other higher order cities might have more foliage than Dubai.
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