THE DUBAI PALMS: CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ETHAN POLIE In the late twentieth century‚ the Middle Eastern nation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began to make plans to distance itself from the petroleum industry that dominates most of the Persia. Driven by the fact that internal experts believe the country’s oil reserves will be depleted by the year 2012‚ the UAE is attempting to transition to a service industry‚ with a major focus on tourism‚ retail‚ and entertainment. In order
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The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure will be constructed. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties‚ a property developer in the United Arab Emirates‚ who hired Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractor Jan De Nul and Van Oord‚ some of the world’s specialists in land reclamation. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah‚ the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira. Each settlement will be in the shape of
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only around twice the size of Kerala. To its north lies Persian Gulf (The Ocean). It shares it’s boundary with Saudi Arabia to the west and south‚ Oman to the East and Qatar to the northwest. [pic] Fig 1.1 Map of UAE 1.2 THE NEED FOR THE ISLANDS Dubai’s booming economy was built on revenues from the oil industry after oil was discovered there in mid 1960s. However scientist predicted the oil reserve will die out around 2016. Therefore the prince of Dubai (Sheikh Muhammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum)
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INTRODUCTION A. Do you know about Palm Island? B. Of course you ever heard about this world’s largest man-made islands. C. I believe all of you are interested to know more about this precious creation in the world. D. There are many interesting story about this island. E. Today‚ I would like to inform you about the Palm Islands.(Let’s me start by explaining a little bit about Palm Islands.) | BODY 1. Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates which constructed
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LIVE THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD Launched in 2001‚ Palm Jumeirah is the icon that captivated the world’s attention. The first chapter of Palm Trilogy‚ Palm Jumeirah is known as the eighth wonder of the world. Helping solve Dubai’s beach shortage‚ the island has doubled Dubai’s existing coastline and will also double the number of beachfront hotels in the city. Along with world class residences and hotels‚ the island features unprecedented retail‚ exceptional leisure and premier entertainment
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The Palm Islands The palm island of Dubai is made on the artificial islands in the shape of palm tree with trunk‚ a crown with fronds and the surrounded by the crescent and it acts as the water break‚ which is considered by the world as eighth wonder of world‚ constructed by the Nikheel properties which is the real estate companies achieved many big projects. It is considered one of the challenging projects of Dubai. Dubai ’s Palm Islands are made from all natural materials like rock
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The Jewel of the Gulf The Dubain desert has given birth to a grand island. Situated off the gorgeous Dubain shore and engulfed within the Gulf’s crystal sparkling blue waters‚ The Palm Jumeirah’s architectural brilliance hypnotises the viewer. Solely a residential area of beach front villas‚ luxury apartments and 5 star hotels‚ the Palm Jumeirah’s branches boast a mesmerising display of engineering success; placing it amidst the great wonders of the modern world. The Designers Nakheel is
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PALM SUNDAY / PALASPAS Palm Sunday is an Easter celebration that commemorates the fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 where Jesus makes his triumphal entrance into Jerusalem. The event took place one week prior to His resurrection‚ and it is a day that kicks off the Holy Week. But why the palms? The palms we now wave in our Palm Sunday celebrations represent the palms that were waved by the crowd and placed in Jesus’ path when he rode the donkey into Jerusalem. In many churches the palms are then saved
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OIL PALM INDUSTRY ECONOMIC JOURNAL (VOL. 2(2)/2002) Malaysian Palm Oil Industry at Crossroads and its Future Direction Khoo Khee Ming* and D Chandramohan** ABSTRACT Palm oil accounts for 20% and 46% of the global oil and fats production and trade respectively. Malaysia is the world’s largest producer and exporter of palm oil with a 50% share of world palm oil production and 61% of exports. This paper assesses the growth of the Malaysian palm oil industry and the limitations of land and labour
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1) What did Palm do to create a winner-take-all market for itself? Ans. After only 18 months on the market‚ Palm shipped its one-millionth unit in late 1997‚ breaking an industry record for the fastest time to one million units for any computer hardware product. At the end of 1997‚ Palm held more than two-thirds of the market. While 500‚000 Windows CE based devices were shipped to retailers of distributors in 1997‚ only about half of those were sold to consumers. In order to come to this level
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