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Sustainable development challenges in the Arab states of the Gulf / edited by David Bryde, Yusra Mouzughi and Turki Faisal Al Rasheed.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gulf Research Center book series.
- The Gulf Research Center book series at Gerlach Press
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gulf Cooperation Council.
- Sustainable development--Persian Gulf Region.
- Sustainable development.
- Sustainable development--Arab countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- This volume surveys the increasing challenges facing the Arab Gulf states in terms of sustainable consumption and production. Topics include: (i) Environmental sustainability: waste, recycling, water, energy, renewables, and pollution; (ii) Economic sustainability: employment, education, training and business engagement; (iii) Social sustainability: equality and diversity, pollution, congestion, community participation. Includes contributions from specialists from the UAE, Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Qatar as well as from the US and the UK.
- Contents:
- Introduction / David Bryde, Yusra Mouzughi and Turki Faisal Al Rasheed
- Transitioning toward sustainable consumption and production: opportunities and challenges in the Gulf Cooperation Council / Kassem El-Saddik
- In search of sustainable development: economic, environmental and social achievements and challenges facing the United Arab Emirates / Mhamed Biygautane and Justin Dargin
- Environmental performance and public governance in the Gulf countries: the emergence of strategic-state capabilities / Paul Joyce
- Addressing sustainable development challenges in the Gulf Cooperation Council: imperatives of, and a framework for environmental governance / Jerry Kolo
- Contribution of the private sector towards inclusive and sustainable growth in the Gulf region / Yousuf Hamad Al-Balushi
- Awareness-DRM-axis: suggested approach for sustainable development in the Gulf / Nilly Kamal Elamir
- Advancing sustainable development in Bahrain through the triangulation approach / Latifa Al-Khalifa
- The growing thirst of the United Arab Emirates: water security stresses that challenge development / Rachael McDonnell
- Food-water and food supply chains: a cornerstone of sustainable development in the Gulf Cooperation Council / John Anthony Allan, Mark Mulligan and Martin Keulertz
- The use of participatory methods & simulation tools to understand the complexity of rural food security / Samantha Dobbie, James G. Dyke and Kate Schrekenberg
- Gulf Cooperation Council initiatives: towards a coherent integrated plan for utilising renewable solar energy / Mayami Abdulla.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Aug 2025).
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- ISBN:
- 3-940924-63-6
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