The capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has grown from being a modest settlement with an economy based on its fishing and pearl diving industries to a thriving, global city following the discovery of vast oil reserves in 1958. With oil reserves estimated to last for another 100 years, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has taken a considered, sustainable approach to its real estate development. The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council has developed the ‘Abu Dhabi Vision 2030’ program of urban evolution which is economically sustainable and socially cohesive. Abu Dhabi was ranked as the safest city in the Middle East and Africa by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index 2015.