Dubai has never been short of visible ambition. Yet while its skyline remains the clearest expression of that ambition, the more consequential story now lies in the systems being built beneath it. Transport networks, digital services, industrial platforms, clean-energy projects, urban planning strategies and business reforms are, together, setting the terms for the city’s next decade, on a scale that points to a more coordinated phase of growth.

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