1. Dubai By: Ethan White, Marisa Miller, Ella Simon, and Saunder Harris
6th period

2. Topography and Climate
- lies directly in Arabian Desert
- sandy deserts and gravel deserts
- natural inlet = Dubai Creek
- tropical desert climate
- 150 mm = average yearly rainfall
- summers = 104 degrees F, winters = 73 degrees F

3. Biome Factors - tropical desert biome
- very dry, little vegetation and biodiversity
- extremely hot due to low elevation levels
- Arabian Desert - similar climate and biome to the Sahara Desert

4. Native Plant - Buxus Sempervirens
-It’s a lovely shrub
-It’s very tolerant of the elements
-It grows very slowly
-The leaves have notched tips
-It can become a very large shrub reaching heights and widths both up to 5 meters.
-It has a basic pH
-Commonly known as the “boxwood shrub”
-Slow growing, yet stable = inspiration for our smart growth plan

6. Native Animal Arabian Mountain Gazelle
Found on gravel plains, sand deserts, and mountains
Delicate body (22-30 lbs)
When in danger, it can reach speeds of 40 miles per hour
Single offspring
They rest during the hottest hours of the day, finding any shade that they can
Needs very little amounts of water
Extremely territorial

8. Energy Solar panels on the rooftops of homes will be subsidized
If people do not generate their own energy, they can purchase energy produced by the solar panel fields that encompass the city.
Solar field plants will contain large-scale backup generators and solar energy storages

9. Food and Water
Water will be cleansed and pumped into the city from three large desalination plants on the coast of the Arabian Gulf.
Food will be grown in skyscraper farms
Some meats and other foods must be imported because the UAE cannot support a large variety of life

10. Transportation Plan underground train/subway system
bike racks throughout the city
large sidewalks for walking and biking
not a lot of cars and minimal roads

11. People Living and Working
Four different rings for living and working
Agricultural and Farming outside ring
Residential on the next ring
Green area which surrounds the main Government buildings

12. Areas for Waste Recycling and decomposing plants underneath the city.
Plastics are reformed and reused
Organic waste is decomposed and then put back into the farming and more organic parts of the city

13. Areas for Wildlife
Areas on the farther rings of the town reserved for safe wildlife
maintained regularly
Restrictions on visiting animals-people would not be allowed to interact unless monitored in a petting zoo type environment.
Laws against intervening too much with the environment and affecting natural systems