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Land Reclamation in UAE - Palm Islands

By: Vidu, Johnathan, and Peyton

Table Of Contents

Pg. 1 - What is Land Reclamation

Pg. 2 - Land Reclamation Project.

Pg. 3 - What has caused this land use issue or land reclamation needed?

Pg. 4 - Social Impacts.

Pg. 5 - Political Impacts.

Pg. 6 - Economic Impacts.

Pg. 7 - Environmental Impacts.

Pg. 8 - References

What is Land Reclamation?

-Land reclamation is the gain of land that use to be submerged under water bodies, rivers, or wetlands.

-One method of land reclamation is involves simply filling the area with large amounts of heavy rock and/or cement, then filling with clay and soil until the desired height is reached.

- Land reclamation was first performed in the late 1500s in Japan.

Land Reclamation Project

- The building started in 2001.

- The process is dredging sand from the floors of the Arabian and Persian Gulfs.

- The sand is then sprayed and vibro compacted into shape using GPS technology for precision and it is surrounded by millions of tons of rocks.

- Three artificial islands off the coast of Dubai (only one is complete).

- The only one completed is Palm Jumeirah.

- Palm Jumeirah is the shape of a palm tree.

- The Island’s names are Palm Jumeirah, The Deira Islands, and Palm Jebel Ali.

What Has Caused This Land Reclamation Project?

- The United Arab Emirates knows that the oil isn't going to last forever. Its prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed, is also the Emir of Dubai, and he has spent the last two decades working to turn his city into a world-class tourist mecca so that Dubai can survive without petrodollars.

- The main reason for the construction of the Palm Islands was to increase tourism in Dubai.

- Building the islands was important because 30% of the U.A.E Economy is from oil and gases. Only 5.2% of the Economy is from tourism.

- It was also created to give the growing population more land to live on.

- The population density of Dubai is 860.49 people per square kilometer, Dubai’s population is growing a 10.7% a year Dubai’s rulers (Sheikh Rashid al-Maktoum) wanted to increase the city’s limited seafront. (They had a coastline of 1,150 km, but the Palm islands add about 200 km to the coast line.

Social Impact - ( On The People )

- Really good place to go for a vacation.

- A really visually appealing and beautiful place to live in if you can afford it.

- Amenities like stores, hospitals and restaurants are nearby and a very short walk or drive

- They have their own public transit that goes all around the island (Train)

- You can also drive there by car, as of last year there is a bridge that connects the main land to the island

- Currently home of the prestigious Atlantis Development, with a 1600 room, five-star hotel complex, shopping malls and water park and aquarium theme park

- There are also 2000 private beaches on palm Jumeirah one for each villa

- It is a very fancy placed for the richest of Dubai to live. A small house can cost $4-5 million.

Social Impact - ( On The People )

Economic Impact

Economic Impact

- The construction had a cost of 12 billion dollars.

- Financed mostly from Dubai’s substantial income from petroleum.

- Also financed from oil and tourism income.

- Islands construction caused 2009 financial crisis.

- Financial crisis in 2009 delayed the completion of the islands.

- The debt that Dubai had was increased to $60 billion.

- In 2016 the Palm islands made Dubai a $1.35 billion profit

Political Impact

- The Palm Islands help make Dubai the fourth most toured place in the world.

- Dubai is in a lot of debt because countries invested and loaned Dubai to help build the Palm Islands.

- 3 different countries each invested more than 1 billion dollars in the Palm Islands.

- It is debated if this extra coastline adds more to Dubai's exclusive economic zone.

Political Impact

Environmental Impacts

Environmental Impacts

- Large impact on the surrounding environment.

- Resulted in changes to area wildlife, coastal erosion, and sludge alongshore from construction.

- The sludge that was produced has damaged and suffocated local marine life as well as reduced the amount of sunlight that can access the seashore vegetation.

- UAE’s human pressure on ecosystems on global ecosystems is the highest in the world

- Resources used to build Palm Islands:

- 5.5 million cubic meters of rock brought from over 16 quarries in Dubai.

- 94 million cubic meters of sand brought from deep sea beds 6 nautical miles from the coast of Dubai.[1]

- 700 tons of limestone

- Installations of utilities and pipelines was very difficult.

- Reclaimed lands are also to blame for the rise of the water level on the bay which causes massive flooding and storm surges.

References

https://interestingengineering.com/7-curious-facts-about-dubais-palm-islands

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Palm-Jumeirah

https://sites.google.com/site/palmislandsimpact/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands

https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-11-23/the-real-story-behind-dubai-palm-islands

References

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