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Sustainable development challenges in the Arab states of the Gulf /

This volume surveys the increasing challenges facing the Arab Gulf states in terms of sustainable consumption and production. Topics include:_x000B_- Environmental sustainability: waste, recycling, water, energy, renewables, and pollution_x000B_- Economic sustainability: employment, education, train...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bryde, David (Editor ), Mouzughi, Yusra (Editor ), Rashīd, Turkī ibn Fayṣal, 1954- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press, 2015.
Colección:Gulf Research Center book series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.