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The impact of affordable housing developments on sustainability in gulf cities
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Open House International Association
, 2016 , Article)
The recent construction boom has led to new urban development dynamics in Gulf cities driven by real-estate speculations and large infrastructure investments. While in the past affordable housing for medium income migrants ...
Treatment and desalination of domestic wastewater for water reuse in a four-chamber microbial desalination cell
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Springer Verlag
, 2016 , Article)
Microbial desalination cells (MDCs) have been studied for contaminant removal from wastewater and salinity reduction in saline water. However, in an MDC wastewater treatment and desalination occurs in different streams, ...
Enablers of sustainable municipal solid waste management system in India
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
The present study moves beyond the traditional focus of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) of collection and disposal to sustainable MSWM that takes a systems view and addresses issues related to waste prevention, ...
Urban regeneration and the search for identity in historic cities
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MDPI AG
, 2017 , Article)
In the face of rapid economic development, population growth, people increasing needs and changing lifestyles, most historic centers in the Gulf have experienced problems in making the necessary adjustment and adaptation ...
Football and Sustainability in the Desert, Qatar 2022 Green World Cup’s Stadiums: Legal Perspective
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UK EPC
, 2017 , Article)
As the year 2022 approaching, Qatar preparations for the FIFA World Cup is in progress. These preparations encompass very complicated processes in many and almost every aspect of life in the state of Qatar. Qatar promised ...
An overview of brine management: Emerging desalination technologies, life cycle assessment, and metal recovery methodologies
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Academic Press
, 2021 , Article)
This study examines which management methods are the most recent and advanced in managing rejected brine generated from desalination plants. It also provides up-to-date information regarding the most adequate technologies ...
An anchor-tenant approach to the synthesis of carbon-hydrogen-oxygen symbiosis networks
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Sustainable development of industrial cities and eco-industrial parks (EIPs) requires careful consideration and creation of synergistic opportunities among the participating entities. Recently, a multi-scale design approach ...
Photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to useful fuels by nanostructured composite catalysis
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Cu-TiO2 nano-catalysis were successfully prepared using sol-gel method and used for solar photo-reduction of CO2 in gas and liquid phase. Adding Cu to TiO2 matrix modify its crystalline structure, improved its optical ...
Meeting sustainable development goals via robotics and autonomous systems
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Nature Research
, 2022 , Article)
Robotics and autonomous systems are reshaping the world, changing healthcare, food production and biodiversity management. While they will play a fundamental role in delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals, associated ...
Frugal innovation: Conception, development, diffusion, and outcome
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Frugal innovation (FI) demonstrates a new entrepreneurial landscape where small firms with limited resources develop innovations for underserved customers in low-income countries. FIs also create new markets and contribute ...