Brit, many would have presumed that the infrastructure projects, like the adequate provision of a reticulated supply of potable water and sewage water, electricity, telecommunications network, carparking, public transport and green space etc would have been built in tandem with, if not BEFORE, the construction of dozens and dozens of commercial and residential towers.

Even blind freddy can see that Dubai's airports, hotels and big shiny buildings didn't save it from economic gloom. Quite the contrary. It was the over zealous construction of these things that helped to speed up and worsen their economic problems.