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Rethinking infrastructure rehabilitation: Conflict resilience of urban water and energy supply in the Middle East and South Sudan
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Protracted armed conflicts in the Middle East and Africa are heavily impacting the infrastructure of basic services such as water, energy, healthcare, and education. People adapt to these persistent conditions through ...
The water-energy-food nexus and COVID-19: Towards a systematization of impacts and responses
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to examine the impacts of system-wide crises on key supply sectors such as water, energy and food. These sectors are becoming increasingly interlinked in environmental policy-making ...
Elemental distributions in the marine sediments off Doha, Qatar: role of urbanisation and coastal dynamics
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2024 , Article)
This research investigates the present status and decadal variability of element distributions in the marine sediments off Doha, on the east coast of Qatar. Twenty elements were considered from 11 sediment sampling stations ...
The perils of building big: Desalination sustainability and brine regulation in the Arab Gulf countries
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Elsevier
, 2024 , Article)
Seawater desalination has become an accessible option for augmenting freshwater supplies worldwide. In the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), it has been practiced for decades as the main source for domestic ...
Smart cities and communities in the GCC region: from top-down city development to more local approaches
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2024 , Article)
City planners are seeking ways to incorporate human-centric urban projects that combine smart technology, good infrastructure and people's perception as well as their participation. Smart city developments are increasingly ...
From economic to extrinsic values of sustainable energy: Prestige, neo-rentierism, and geopolitics of the energy transition in the arabian peninsula
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
Energy transition in the region of the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) has recently commenced and is now being implemented through large-scale renewable projects, nuclear plants, and energy efficiency measures in the built ...
Correction to: The maxima in northerly wind speeds and wave heights over the Arabian Sea, the Arabian/Persian Gulf and the Red Sea derived from 40 years of ERA5 data (Climate Dynamics, (2021), 56, 3-4, (1037-1052), 10.1007/s00382-020-05518-6)
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2021 , Other)
In the original version of the article, in both the Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 the plots (a) and (b) were repeated twice.
From Acceptance Snapshots to the Social Acceptability Process: Structuring Knowledge on Attitudes Towards Water Reuse
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2021 , Article Review)
Water reuse is considered a technologically viable option to meet the increasing demands of the domestic, industrial and agricultural sectors. Alongside challenges such as environmental health, infrastructure and regulations, ...
Educating water professionals for the Arab world: Archetypes, change agents and complex realities
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Water education relevance and courses have grown over the last couple of decades, and incorporated more interdisciplinary and integrated contents. This is due to the increasing relevance of water management issues, ...
Contamination of planktonic food webs in the Mediterranean Sea: Setting the frame for the MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE oceanographic cruise (spring 2019)
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2023 , Article)
This paper looks at experiential feedback and the technical and scientific challenges tied to the MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE cruise that took place in the Mediterranean Sea in spring 2019. This cruise proposes an innovative approach ...