The tragic fire at a Qatari shopping mall last week has raised concerns about safety standards in the ambitious state, where there is a vast construction boom in the lead-up to its hosting of the 2022 football World Cup.
The deaths of 19 people, including 13 children, at the six-year-old Villaggio Mall will act as a wake-up call as Qatar plans more than $120bn in infrastructure projects over the next five years, say building and fire safety experts.
And across the region, the fallout from the disaster reinforces the lesson that managing the gleaming new cities that emerged in the boom of the last decade requires a new set of skills, distinct from the construction expertise developed in the building phase.
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