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Community-based adaptation to climate change in Egypt-status quo and future policies
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Springer
, 2017 , Book chapter)
For many of Egypt's communities, climate change represent an increasing threat to development and livelihoods that remains underrepresented in terms of policies and strategies. The vulnerability of communities in agricultural ...
Urban Climate Change Vulnerability, Responses, and Policies in Qatar: An Assessment
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Springer Nature
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Urban climate change policies are critical for reducing carbon emissions and increasing societal resilience to future risks. This is especially true for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) which are arid ...
A world polity view on reorganization and institutional change in natural resources management
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Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc
, 2022 , Book chapter)
World polity theory as a part of sociological neo-institutionalism provides interesting insights into institutional change and similarities between national organizations. These organizations depend on rules and actor ...
Green Climate Fund (GCF): Role, Capacity Building, and Directions as a Catalyst for Climate Finance
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Springer, Cham
, 2019 , Book chapter)
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is one of the several special climate change funds that have been established under Article 11 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These funds aim to finance ...
Institutional Change and Sustainable Development
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Springer, Cham
, 2019 , Book chapter)
The study field of institutions and institutionalism is quite complex, encompassing theories, concepts, and tools that can be applied in various ways related to sustainable development. At the same time, sustainable ...
Contribution of Water Scarcity and Sustainability Failures to Disintegration and Conflict in the Arab Region-The Case of Syria and Yemen
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Springer;Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Economic growth and demographic change are leading factors that impact the availability of resources such as water and arable land in countries around the globe. The case of Arab countries, where both these resources have ...
Water‐Energy‐Food Security Nexus in the Eastern Nile Basin: Assessing the Potential of Transboundary Regional Cooperation
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
, 2017 , Book chapter)
With increasing demands and pressures on energy, food, and water resources in the region of the Eastern Nile basin, development projects and also potential for conflict along the Nile waters have increased. This study ...
Ecosystem infrastructure for sustainability: Revaluating nature through community-based water and land policies in Brazil
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Taylor and Francis
, 2018 , Book chapter)
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Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development
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Springer Nature
, 2018 , Book chapter)
With changing and mounting pressures on environmental resources due to economic and demographic developments, environmental policymaking is a wide and continuously growing field. The birth hour of modern environmental ...
Participation modes and influence strategies of large environmental NGOs
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Taylor & Francis
, 2019 , Book chapter)
International, large-scale conferences on environment and sustainable development have shaped the public face of the global environmental governance. United Nations-led Earth Summits in Stockholm, Johannesburg, and Rio ...