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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 ...
Regulation reform process and perception in the Palestinian water sector
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Taylor & Francis
, 2018 , Article)
The study analyzes the regulation reform process of the Palestinian urban water sector. It introduces the holistic reform agenda and examines the water supply sector’s performance and regulation challenges. The study also ...
Ecological modernization and responses for a low-carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2018 , Article)
Low-carbon development is a challenging endeavor for many fossil fuels exporting nations around the world, and is especially important in light of the recent Paris Agreement on climate change. The Gulf Cooperation Council ...
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 ...
Evaluation of decentralization and commercialization in the urban water sector of Yemen
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SAGE Publications Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The article analyzes decentralization and commercialization reforms in the Yemeni urban water and sanitation sector. The case study shows that sector reforms to increase the performance and independence of water utilities ...
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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Institutional arrangements for beneficial regional cooperation on water, energy and food priority issues in the Eastern Nile Basin
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Research on water cooperation in the Eastern Nile Basin has focused on expanding policy and diplomacy tools for a better allocation of transboundary water resources confined to the river. Regional cooperation on water and ...
Sustainable agriculture in the Arabian/Persian Gulf region utilizing marginal water resources: Making the best of a bad situation
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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 ...