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Your World - Building on Sand

Jonathan Glancey looks at whether Dubai has a sustainable policy towards building in one of the harshest environments on earth.

Dubai is a phenomenon.

It's like no other city on earth. In terms of architecture, it has been reaching for the stars with the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa.

It stands as a symbol for the way power, money and influence appear to have moved away from the west to newly-confident countries in the east. But what is it all built upon?

In this two-part documentary, Jonathan Glancey looks at whether Dubai has a sustainable policy towards building in one of the harshest environments on earth.

  • Broadcast on BBC World Service, 2:05AM Mon, 2 May 2011
  • Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
  • First broadcast BBC World Service, 2:05PM Sat, 30 Apr 2011
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  • Duration 25 minutes

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