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Comparative scorecard assessment of urban water pricing policies-The case of Jordan and Iran
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Urban water pricing is becoming increasingly important due to the rapid rate of urbanization and the expansion of water reclamation and reuse. The mounting evidence of failures of current pricing schemes makes analyzing ... -
Concretizing green growth and sustainable business models in the water sector of Jordan
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)The green growth paradigm has gained much attention from various governments worldwide as a guiding strategy for national and sectoral growth strategies. There is, however, little knowledge on how to integrate green growth ... -
Conflict resilience of water and energy supply infrastructure: Insights from yemen
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)Political instability and conflicts are contemporary problems across the Middle East. They threaten not only basic security, but also infrastructure performance. Supply infrastructure, providing basic services such as water ... -
From economic to extrinsic values of sustainable energy: Prestige, neo-rentierism, and geopolitics of the energy transition in the arabian peninsula
( 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 ... -
High-Rate Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge by Integration of Electro-Fenton Process
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)Anaerobic digestion (AD), being the most effective treatment method of waste activated sludge (WAS), allows for safe disposal. The present study deals with the electro-Fenton (EF) pretreatment for enhancing the WAS biogas ... -
Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Two Halophilic Archaeal Isolates from Chott El Jerid Using Inexpensive Carbon Sources
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)The large use of conventional plastics has resulted in serious environmental problems. Polyhydroxyalkanoates represent a potent replacement to synthetic plastics because of their biodegradable nature. This study aimed to ... -
Sustainable agriculture in the Arabian/Persian Gulf region utilizing marginal water resources: Making the best of a bad situation
( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article Review)One way to encourage agricultural self-sufficiency in arid regions is to increase the productivity of conventional freshwater agriculture. Another way is to develop and implement novel strategies and technologies that do ... -
Treatment of wastewaters by microalgae and the potential applications of the produced biomass-a review
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)The treatment of different types of wastewater by physicochemical or biological (nonmicroalgal) methods could often be either inefficient or energy-intensive. Microalgae are ubiquitous microscopic organisms, which thrive ... -
Use of co-solvents in hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of microalgae
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)This study reviewed and summarized the literature regarding the use of alcohols during hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of algal biomass feedstocks. The use of both pure alcohols and alcohol-water co-solvents were considered. ... -
Water, energy and food supply security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries-A risk perspective
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article Review)Supply systems for water, energy and food in the Gulf region are becoming highly interlinked. In the last decades, interdependence was evident in the increase of coproduction plants and the cross-sectoral resource use ...