Mapping patterns of segregation in Dubai: towards a new research agenda for a social geography of Gulf Cities

Yasser Elsheshtawy , Delphine Pagès-El karoui (1) , Françoise Bahoken

1 Inalco - Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

This paper aims to bring completely novel materials, from an unpublished report directed by Yasser Elsheshtawy (Elsheshtawy, 2015). It maps precisely urban growth and land uses in Dubai, drawing mainly upon quantitative and GIS analysis – land uses of gated communities, labour camps, maps of the distribution of the population (male/female ; national/foreigner) at the intraurban scale. This paper goes one step further, introducing indices of segregation and other ways of representing segregation (may by dots). Our ambition is to explore how segregation is inscribed in the city’s urban spaces and what are its spatial patterns. We will first start with a review of the literature, and then describe quickly the fragmentation of the urban fabric. We will then focus on the patterns of segregation and finally, in conclusion, suggest new avenues for research.

Mots clés: segregation; Dubaï; migrants; labor; maps; GIS

Domaines: Géographie

Yasser Elsheshtawy, Delphine Pagès-El karoui, Françoise Bahoken. Mapping patterns of segregation in Dubai: towards a new research agenda for a social geography of Gulf Cities. Migrants in the globalising city: spaces,places and mobilities in Asia, Europe and in the middle east, INALCO, Jul 2018, Paris, France. ⟨halshs-02988432⟩