Phallic Towers, 80m wide 'canal', multiple 'Disneyland' style theme parks, 2 international airports..... another 'world's highest tower' on the way -seems no lessons have been learned from 2008. EK is just a part of DXB's problems.
When Sheikh Rashid said "Build it and they will come" I doubt he had in mind some of the dafter current developments.