The World, Dubai

The Dubai The World is being built in the sea No double agenda here or attempted abstraction, but a flat direct representation of the world as it is usually mapped. The rounded edge of the card is included in a circular that protects the island of the archipelago of islands in the rough sea and erosion.
The world is a man archipelago of 300 islands in the shape of a world map currently under construction off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The World is part of a series of artificial island projects in Dubai, with the Palm Islands, and like the other islands The world is built primarily using sand dredged from the sea The World is the brainchild of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai.
Each island ranges from 23000 m² 84000 m² (250000-900000 square feet or 5.7-21 acres) in size, at 50-100 m of water between each island. The development will cover an area of 9 km long and 6 miles wide, surrounded by an oval breakwater. The only means of transportation between the islands will be by boat and helicopter. Prices for the islands range from $ 15 million (USD) to $ 45 million (USD). The average price of an island will be approximately $ 25 million (USD). Dredging began in 2004 and in March 2007 the world is around 90%.
Sketches of how the islands look at the end.
It is owned and is being built by Nakheel Properties (Nakheel Corp.)
It will be located 4.1 km off the coast of Jumeirah, near Palm Jumeirah, between Burj Al Arab and Port Rashid in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The world is sometimes mistakenly called Palm World. It is also known as the Globe islands.

FACT SHEET:
- The world involves the creation of more than 300 man made islands which are supposed to represent the world map

The vision of the world The project has been provided by His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defense and the United Arab Emirates was officially released September 21, 2003

- The islands will be built in the shape of the world map and consist of four protective dikes outside the perimeters to provide shelter and long cross-shore waves. The inner breakwater will be a submerged reef and the outer breakwater will be above water

- Located near the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, The World is located 4 kilometers off from a point halfway between Port Rashid and The Palm, Jumeirah

- The World of construction began in September 2003, after many years of research. The project is scheduled to be completely raised from the sea in 2008.

- Investors will have the freedom to create their own personal vision on the islands for private or commercial use, such as recreation, housing and tourism. The 300 islands will be offered for sale on a freehold basis to individual investors only

- Nakheel will hand over the islands to investors once the lands were recovered in 2008.

- The world will be about 9 km long and 7 km wide. It will cover more than 9340000 square meters, and will add 232 km from the beach on the coast of Dubai.

- All the islands range from 150000 m² 450000 m² feet feet in size, with an average of the island is approximately 300000 square feet

-326 Million cubic meters of sand will be used to form islands

-32 Millions of tons of rock will be used to construct the dike

- The islands, prices range from 10 million-45 million

- The average distance between the islands is 50-100 meters, with an average depth of water in the waterways of at least 5 meters

- The world is a complex network of islands-Nakheel integrates a series of rivers, canals and lakes to improve the design

All 300 islands will only be accessible by air or sea, world-class dock for pleasure boats, yachts and cruise ships. 2 continent service yachting world. 4 hub islands in the world will serve the islands.

Construction on The World is day and night, 24 hours a day, seven days a week

The main contractors for the world are Van Oord ACZ Marine Contractors Gulf FZE Dubai - who are responsible for land reclamation, dredging and breakwater. This is the largest project Van Oord has undertaken in the region

The giant trailers used to build the world can handle 20-25 miles cubic meters of sand at any time and require a water depth of at least 12 meters to function.