Downtown Dubai – The Place With People And Opportunities

By Author: Daniel McCain
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Downtown is a word mainly used in America by English speakers to mention a city's center or in a geographical, commercial, and community sense and it is also known as central business district of the city. The Downtown Dubai, which was formerly known as the Downtown Burj Dubai, consists of large scaled and multi-use complexes which are under development in Dubai. Some of the Dubai’s most famous landmarks such as Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall, and Dubai Fountain are located here and some other large projects like Green Community and Dubai Palm Island are in neighboring vicinity of this place. Downtown Dubai has a covered area of 2 square kilometers and it is estimated to cost $20 billion.

Just like living in downtown of any city, living in Dubai downtown is full of many pros and cons and living in here also has its perks. The downtown is mostly the central nerve or heart of any modern city as it is the home of the city’s geographical happenings, commercial activities, and community events. Where most western downtowns of the cities, which are plagued with problems like dust, criminality, subways, tension, overcrowding, ...
... high taxes, and deprived public schools, Dubai’s downtown does not face such issues, especially crimes rate and they are almost non existent in Dubai.

Downtown Dubai is not a 100% Green community, but it surely promotes it and they have dedicatedly launched a community as Green Community. This type of community promotes the preservation of the land and it provides many types of transportation options, encourages creating open space for recreation and cultivation activities, and it uses the available natural and cultural resources intelligently. It is the best idea to promote the communities with green environment. In reality, in most of the human history, the term "green" was not something special, but it was the common style of living. Our ancestors used to arrange their time table from the rising and setting of the sun. As healthy land used to result in healthy yields, which resulted in healthy people; therefore, living in collaboration with Mother Nature was the ultimate choice as it is the substance to our survival. Our ancestors may not have used the specific terms like "sustainable growth" or "smart development", but still they knew that a healthy place must have clean air, fertile soil, fresh water and multiple methods of transportation for goods and people.

Dubai Palm Island also known as Jumeirah Palm Island and it is one of the most aspiring real-estate development projects not just in Dubai, but also in the world. It is considered to be the 8th wonder of the world; due to the fact that it is visible from space, just like the Great Wall of China, is another major landmark for Dubai. Unlike the Downtown Dubai, this project can be considered a better example of Green community, as it is focusing on sustainable development and better transportation facilities. Dubai is following the golden rule and it is developing day by day with a rapid growth.