Shipping and Development in Dubai

Infrastructure, Innovation and Institutions in the Gulf

Keith Nuttall (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2021
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4162-8 (ISBN)

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A small town on a sandy creek half a century ago, Dubai is now the largest trading, commercial, leisure and transport entrepot in the Gulf and wider region. This book explains the reasons for the emergence of Dubai and its distinctive development trajectory, arguing that the decision, in the 1970s, to invest in infrastructure made possible by shipping containerization laid the foundations for its future expansion.
The book shows that in contrast to its competitors’ hydrocarbon rentier economic model, Dubai’s creation and expansion of ports and airports, together with ‘value-added’ logistics and business-friendly enhancements, were used to out-compete regional rivals. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary sources, including interviews with logistics business-people, government records, memoirs, it fills a significant lacuna in the history of Dubai’s development and emergence as a global trade hub.

Keith Robert Nuttall holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, UK. He previously worked in the shipping industry, including postings to Dubai, Sharjah, and Japan.

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Dubai Origins and Emergence 1833-1958
Chapter 2 - Take-off: Creek, Containerisation, Connectivity 1958-71
Chapter 3 - Exogenous impacts and the Logistics Revolution 1971-90
Chapter 4 - Success: Good Luck or Good Management? 1990-2003
Chapter 5 - The New Challenges of the 21st Century 2004-present day
Conclusion
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	19.11.2021
Zusatzinfo	8 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	508 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-7556-4162-0 / 0755641620
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-4162-8 / 9780755641628
Zustand	Neuware