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The perils of building big: Desalination sustainability and brine regulation in the Arab Gulf countries
( 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 ... -
From Acceptance Snapshots to the Social Acceptability Process: Structuring Knowledge on Attitudes Towards Water Reuse
( 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, ... -
Smart cities and communities in the GCC region: from top-down city development to more local approaches
( 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
( 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 ... -
Regional Environmental Cooperation: The (Lost) Potential for a Sustainable Future in the Arabian/Persian Gulf
( Springer Nature , 2021 , Book chapter)Environmental concerns related to the health of the marine ecosystems, the negative impacts of coastal infrastructure and the deterioration of water quality (e.g., increasing salinity and warming trends of the Gulf waters) ... -
Toward a Circular Economy in the MENA Region: Insights from the Water-Food Nexus
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)The water-food nexus in the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region is characterized by resource depletion, import dependence and environmental degradation. This contribution proposes that consumption awareness and ... -
Cooperation or competition? State environmental relations and the SDGs agenda in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)For around 40 years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been developing cooperative frameworks that aim at enhancing security and economic cooperation as well as establishing joint action on common threats ... -
Legacies of state-building and political fragility in conflict-ridden Yemen: Understanding civil service change and contemporary challenges
( Cogent OA , 2020 , Article)Constitutional, economic and administrative reforms have generated debates about their unintended consequences in poor and developing countries, and the best way to steer them towards better outcomes. In-depth case study ... -
Rethinking infrastructure rehabilitation: Conflict resilience of urban water and energy supply in the Middle East and South Sudan
( 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
( 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 ... -
Educating water professionals for the Arab world: Archetypes, change agents and complex realities
( 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, ... -
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)
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Article)In the original version of the article, in both the Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 the plots (a) and (b) were repeated twice. -
DEVELOPING THE DETERMINANTS TO ASSESS THE AI LEARNER OUTCOMES
( IATED , 2024 , Conference Paper)Within the current educational milieu, incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into secondary education is deemed imperative, serving as a requisite measure to equip students with fundamental aptitudes essential for ... -
Considerations for Producing Bioenergy from Halophyte Feedstocks
( Springer International Publishing , 2019 , Book chapter)With the growing criticisms of using arable land and edible crops to produce first-generation biofuels instead of food for humans, there is an increasing interest in using marginal lands and water sources to grow biofuel ... -
Author Correction: Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks (Nature, (2020), 583, 7818, (801-806), 10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y)
( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)An Amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. -
Comparative Study of Chemical Composition of the Halophyte Species Native to the Persian (Arabian) Gulf
( North Carolina State University , 2021 , Article)Extensive comparative characterization was performed to explore halophytes native to the Persian (Arabian) Gulf. Ten species collected from the Western region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) were analyzed for their ... -
The Fourth Wave of Grounded Theory: A Self-Correcting Top-Down Approach
( World Scientific , 2024 , Book chapter)Grounded theory, as a qualitative research method, constructs theories grounded in data on previously unexplored phenomena. To this end, it requires the researcher to be able to form concepts and ideas from the data, to ... -
Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Graphene: Preparation, Properties, and Applications
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book)Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Graphene: Preparation, Properties and Applications provides detailed up-to-date information on the characterization, synthesis, processing, properties and application of these materials. ... -
Preface : Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Graphene Preparation, Properties, and Applications
( Elsevier , 2021 , Other)Nowadays, graphene-polymer composites are of great interest because of its practical application point of views. Hence, in this book, a discussion has been made on the different properties and applications of polymer-graphene ... -
Chitin-based nanomaterials
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book chapter)Chitin- and chitosan-based materials have been increasingly used in various scientific advancements specifically in the field of nanotechnology for their therapeutic potential. They are biopolymeric polysaccharides with ...
