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Sustainability in the Gulf: Challenges and Opportunities book cover

1st Edition

Sustainability in the Gulf Challenges and Opportunities

Edited By Elie Azar, Mohamed Abdel Raouf Copyright 2018
288 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Sustainability is a topic of great interest today, particularly for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which have witnessed very rapid economic and demographic growth over the past decade. The observed growth has led to unsustainable consumption patterns of vital resources such as water, energy, and food, highlighting the need for an urgent shift towards green growth and sustainable... Read more

Part I: Introduction

  1. Sustainability issues in GCC Elie Azar and Mohamed Abdelraouf

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  2. The Gulf’s Region Commitment to a Sustainable Lifestyle: A Bibliometric Study Jwen Fai Low, Maryam R.D. Al-Yammahi, Andrea Schiffauerova

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  3. Framework of study and book organization Elie Azar and Mohamed Abdelraouf

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    Part II: Infrastructure Management and Urban Solutions

  4. Water Resources Sustainability in Kuwait against United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Muhammad Al-Rashed and Amjad Aliewi

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  5. Towards Safe and Sustainable Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Abu Dhabi, UAE Farrukh Ahmad

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  6. Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in GCC countries via application of sustainability-oriented innovation to critical infrastructures Ashley Pilipiszyn and Alexandre B. Hedjazi

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  7. Towards Sustainable Urban Development: Challenges and Chances of Climate-Sensitive Urban Design in Muscat/Oman Mais Jafari and Wolfgang Scholz

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  8. The Future of Sustainable Public Transit in Abu Dhabi Hanan AlRubaiai and Abdulla Galadari

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    Part III: Standards and Policies

  9. Advancing Sustainable Consumption: Energy Efficiency Labels and Standards in the UAE Deepti Mahajan Mittal

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  10. Sustainability Assessment for Real Estate in UAE: The case of Masdar City Natalia Karayaneva and Mark Coleman

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    Part IV: The socio-economic perspective

  11. Energy Consumption and Transition Dynamics under a Rentier Economy: Case of the GCC States Abdullah Kaya, Nazli Choucri, I-Tsung Tsai, and Toufic Mezher

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  12. Economic value of the Abu Dhabi coastal and marine ecosystem services: Estimate and Management Applications James Blignaut, Myles Mander, Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Jane Glavan, and Stephen Parr

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  13. Economic and GHG Emission Policy Co-benefits for Integrated Waste Management Planning across the GCC Paul Dumble, Nagwa El Karawy, Amr Osama Abdel-Aziz, and Ahmed Wafiq Abolnasr

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  14. Motivating Sustainable Consumption Behavior Through Education, Incentive Programs, and Green Policies in Saudi Arabia Hadeel Banjar

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    Part V: Conclusion

  15. Outlook towards the future of sustainability in the Gulf Elie Azar and Mohamed Abdelraouf

Biography

Elie Azar is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems and Management at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Mohamed Abdel Raouf is Sustainability Research Program Manager at the Gulf Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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