Center for Sustainable Development Research: Recent submissions
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Regulation reform process and perception in the Palestinian water sector
( 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 ... -
Contribution of Water Scarcity and Sustainability Failures to Disintegration and Conflict in the Arab Region-The Case of Syria and Yemen
( 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 ... -
Sustainable development in the Arab world–is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region fit for the challenge?
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and the wider Arab world are faced with multiple interconnected dilemmas embedded in the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable development. The question of how ... -
Coastal Development and Climate Risk Reduction in the Persian/Arabian Gulf: The case of Qatar
( Cambridge University Press , 2019 , Book chapter)limate change consideration in coastal developments in the GCC regions are neither adequately studied nor incorporated into specific policies. The rapid pace of coastal development seeks to accommodate short-term to mid-term ... -
Participation modes and influence strategies of large environmental NGOs
( 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 ... -
Development drivers of the water-energy-food nexus in the Gulf Cooperation Council region
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This article analyses water, food, and energy security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries using the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus approach. The innovative focus is on identifying past and future development-based ... -
Conflicts and security in integrated water resources management
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Water Resources Management (IWRM) are criticized for not considering context, local realities or legitimacy during the implementation of water sector reforms. Universal remedies of IWRM can thus lead to resistance, conflicts ... -
Business-Driven Ecological Innovations in Green Growth Strategies
( Springer Nature , 2019 , Book chapter)Eco-innovations are inventions or developments of new and optimised technology or processes that lead to environmental and economic benefits. Such innovations are closely interlinked with sustainability and green growth ... -
Too big to handle, too important to abandon: Reforming Sudan's Gezira scheme
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)© 2020 The Authors Participatory irrigation management (PIM) has been broadly promoted by public administrators and donor organizations. The reasons for this push include performance failures of state-controlled irrigation ... -
Institutional Change and Sustainable Development
( 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 ... -
Solar energy farming as a development innovation for vulnerable water basins
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)In vulnerable water basins, unregulated access to solar energy and groundwater can threaten water security through increased abstractions. Public and development agencies are therefore exploring options to provide farmers ... -
Participation modes and diplomacy of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries towards the global sustainability agenda
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)After decades of reluctance, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are now more engaged within the global sustainability agenda. Though they historically sought to coordinate strategies, differences in environmental ... -
Instruments of energy subsidy reforms in Arab countries — The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
( Elsevier , 2020 , Conference)© 2019 Energy subsidies can account for a large share of government expenditures in some GCC countries. In light of fiscal imbalances since 2014, these countries have reiterated their intention to decrease subsidies and ... -
Water‐Energy‐Food Security Nexus in the Eastern Nile Basin: Assessing the Potential of Transboundary Regional Cooperation
( 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 ... -
Urban Climate Change Vulnerability, Responses, and Policies in Qatar: An Assessment
( 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 ... -
Beyond the pledges: reflections on sustainability transitions in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)The adoption of the SDGs is a step, not a success. (James 2015) On 1 January 2016, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) paving the way towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development became effective, after being ... -
Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development
( 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 ... -
Community-based adaptation to climate change in Egypt-status quo and future policies
( 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 ... -
Green Climate Fund (GCF): Role, Capacity Building, and Directions as a Catalyst for Climate Finance
( 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 ... -
Urban water pricing in Yemen: a comparison of increasing block tariffs to other pricing schemes
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)This study examines the viability of increasing block tariffs (IBTs) to achieve the right balance between efficiency, financial requirements and equity, and compares them to alternative pricing schemes. Using numerical ...
