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Sustainable development : an appraisal from the Gulf Region / edited by Paul Sillitoe.
Lippincott Library HC415.3.Z9 E578 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 19.
- Environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; volume 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development--Persian Gulf Region.
- Sustainable development.
- Sustainable development--Government policy--Persian Gulf Region.
- Economic development--Environmental aspects--Persian Gulf States.
- Economic development.
- Environmental policy--Persian Gulf States.
- Environmental policy.
- Economic development--Environmental aspects.
- Sustainable development--Government policy.
- Persian Gulf Region.
- Persian Gulf States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 556 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, [2014]
- Contents:
- Foreword / Shaikha Al-Misnad
- Introduction : sustainable development in the Gulf
- Paul sillitoe
- Societal change and sustainability within the central plateau of Iran : an archaeological viewpoint / Mark Manuel, Robin Coningham, Gavin Gillmore and Hassan Fazeli
- Qatar national vision 2030 : advancing sustainable development / Trudy Tan, Aziza Al-Khalaqi and Najla Al-Khulaifi
- The Qatar national master plan / Khondker Rahman
- The state of Qatar : along the way to sustainable development / Bahaa Darwish
- Charting the emergence of environmental legislation in Qatar : a step
- In the right direction or too little too late? / Wesam Al Othman and Sarah F. Clarke
- Sustainable energy: what futures for Qatar? / Thomas Henfrey
- Money rain : the resource curse in two oil and gas economies / Emma Gilberthorpe, Sarah F. Clarke and Paul Sillitoe
- Islam and sustainable economic development / Rodney Wilson
- Linking local and global in the sustainable development of biodiversity conservation / Ben Campbell
- Conservation and sustainable development : the Qatari and Gulf Region experience / Paul Sillitoe with Ali Alshawi
- Promoting sustainable development in marine regions / James Howard
- Biodiversity conservation and sustainability : friends or enemies? / Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
- From pearling to skyscrapers: the predicament of sustainable architecture and urbanism in contemporary Gulf cities. / Ali A. Alraouf and Sarah F. Clarke
- How the city grows : urban growth and challenges to sustainable development in Doha, Qatar / Andrew M. Gardner
- Sustainable waste management in Qatar : charting the emergence of an integrated approach to solid waste management / Sarah Clarke with Salah Almannai
- Sustainable development and health : from global to local agenda / Mylene Riva, Catherine Panter-Brick and Mark Eggerman
- Exploring collaborative research methodologies in the pursuit of sustainable futures / Gina Porter
- On the importance of culture in sustainable development / Serena Heckler
- People, social groups, cultural practices : from venn diagrams to alternative paradigms for sustainable development / Fadwa El Guindi
- Indigenous knowledge and cultural values : environmental contradictions in Qatari society / Kaltham Al-Ghanim
- Conclusion : a Doha undeclaration, puzzling over sustainable development with indigenous knowledge / Paul Sillitoe.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781782383710
- 1782383719
- OCLC:
- 881385659
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