Dubai is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world—in cubic yards of concrete, if not in actual population—and Waterfront is being built by one of Dubai's largest developers, Nakheel Properties. Like Ogelthorpe and his vision for an ideal city in the forested wilderness of the New World, Nakheel's goal is to attract investors. But unlike Savannah, which had a social unit—the ward neighborhood—at its heart, Waterfront City appears to be planned chiefly to facilitate real-estate development. The entire urban area will consist of five high-rise districts, some concentrated and some strung out along the water, surrounded by a sprawl of low-rise housing.