Dubai World Central has made urban planning history when the final master plan and branding of the 140 sq km city, almost twice the size of Hong Kong island, was unveiled recently.

The self-sustaining development, which is located at Jebel Ali, about 40 km south of Dubai, will be a new city where eventually some 750,000 people will live and work. The master plan originally had a working title of Jebel Ali Airport City (JXB City).
Dubai World Central is the most strategically important infrastructure development yet launched by the go-ahead emirate. It is designed to support Dubai’s aviation, tourism, commercial and logistics requirements until 2050 and infrastructure costs alone will run to Dh121.2 billion ($33 billion).
At the heart of Dubai World Central is Dubai World Central International Airport (JXB), which will be the world’s largest passenger and cargo hub with a design capacity of over 12 million tonnes of cargo a year and in excess of 120 million passengers annually and capable of handling all new generation aircraft, including the A380 superjumbo
Dubai World Central also creates the world’s first truly integrated multi-modal logistics platform with all transportation modes, logistics and value-added services, such as product manufacturing and assembly in a single-bonded free zone environment made up of Dubai Logistics City, Dubai World Central International Airport and Jebel Ali Port.
The entire Dubai World Central complex will be served by the latest technology solutions for security, transport and customer service. An internal light rail network will link the whole of Dubai World Central, which will also be served by the Dubai Light Rail Network (Dubai Metro).