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Analyzing the urban heat island characteristics and mitigation strategies in eight arid and semi-arid cities
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)The aim of the study is two folds: first, the study analyze the formation of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) in eight different cities in arid and semi-arid region. The analysis is based on land cover / land use (LCLU) ... -
Desalination in the GCC countries- a review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are located in one of the most arid regions in the world with very less freshwater resources, and hence depending on desalination plants to tackle the water scarcity and satisfy ... -
Economic Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: From Rentier States to Diversified Economies
( Springer Nature , 2020 , Book)This book delves into the economic development of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Since the 1960s, the GCC states have harnessed their potential to exploit the wealth accrued from the oil boom to build ... -
The Effect of ICT on CO2 Emissions in the GCC Countries: Does Globalization Matter?
( econjournals , 2022 , Article)Despite the significant impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on environment, whether globalization enhances the role of ICT in environmental quality is a question that received limited research ... -
Food Security in the GCC Countries: Towards a More Diversified and Sustainable Economic Development
( Springer Nature , 2020 , Book chapter)This chapter examines the challenges and opportunities for food security in GCC countries and shed lights on the strategies undertaken by these countries to enhance their domestic food security. These include the measures ... -
Investigating critical obstacles to entrepreneurship in emerging economies: A comparative study between males and females in Qatar
( Allied Business Academies , 2019 , Article)Qatar's Entrepreneurship sector faces major obstacles that impede its growth prospects. While Qatar has started to focus more on improvement of the entrepreneurial environment through semi-governmental agencies and creation ... -
Nationalization of Workforce in the GCC Banking Sector: The Case of Alpha Bank in Qatar
( The Case Centre , 2021 , Other)The Human Resource Department at Alpha Bank has been implementing the concept of Qatarization ever since its inception to align itself with the Qatar Nation Vision-2030. During that process, they have faced various challenges. ... -
Pass-through of import cost into consumer prices and inflation in GCC countries: Evidence from a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lags model
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper explores the asymmetric response of consumer prices to import costs using a nonlinear approach that investigates the long and the short run asymmetric pass-through. Quarterly data over the period of 1990-2014 ... -
Policy borrowing in the gulf cooperation council countries: Cultural scripts and epistemological conflicts
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Globalization through educational borrowing has transformed the K-12 educational landscape driving and shaping educational reforms worldwide by saturating nations' educational polices and practices reducing education to ... -
The Problem of Marginal People and Its Governance in GCC Countries
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)The emergence of marginal people is the result of globalization. The process of globalization makes population flow an irresistible trend, and the relatively developed countries have a strong attraction to the population ... -
Workforce Nationalization in the GCC Organizations: Qatarization at Qatar Olympic Committee
( The Case Centre , 2022 , Other)In the State of Qatar, nationals or Qataris comprise less than 15% of the overall population. According to the Qatar Population Policy of 2017-2022, the main objectives include, increasing the number of local population, ...