
The organized and developed metropolises have budgets
of the order of at least 1,000 USD / Capita;
Pedro B, Ortiz
Just a Reticular Proposal..!
This is a master planning vision for the baseline to turn Dubai into a metropolitan.. It is about land use, not projects.. However, the circles show locations of the already concentrated activities.. Metropolitanism is about the economic value and opportunities in synchronization to Zoning, ROWs and Spaces; with their dependences.. I assume the planners of Dubai 2040 had done something alike as a baseline.. Yet amazingly, most Arab cities ignore the same ..!
As per Prof. Pedro B. Ortiz, the municipal budget for a metropolitan is based on population and share of the national budget..
In Dubai of 3.331 mln cap, it is a City-State, which most of the GDP (US$102.67 billion) is invested within..
The Municipal Authorities of Dubai has a combined share from its GDP (US$ 48 billion 2020) which is far than the golden formula
( As a City-State; 0.40 x GDP/Cap x Pop)
Understanding that Dubai Emirate is a developing country, whereas lots has to be spent on both hard and soft infrastructures and various facilities; which would justify the 100 folds of the expenditure..
The Measures of Governance would credit and support the same by confirmed results of urban happiness and satisfaction
Regretfully; many projects were canceled or had reduced scope.. This was corresponding to the economic and business environments.. Yet; I believe that initiating many projects was inadequate, without the serious systematic quality procedures.. WBS, Risk, Procurement and Communications were mostly banners not actions.. It is bad how many resources were disposed in vain, and how many opportunities were lost..