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Environmental, Social and Governance-related Challenges in the Construction Industry (CIC 2023)
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
The construction industry is faced with several Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) challenges and opportunities that include, but are not limited to, a massive carbon footprint, the physical impacts of climate ...
Rainfall Change Projections under Different Climate Change Scenarios in UAE
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
The increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere due to human activities is predicted to have significant and lasting effects on the global climate throughout the 21st century. The resulting warming over the past decades ...
Resilience Urban Planning from Climate Change Point of View: A Case Study for Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Qatar is a Middle Eastern country characterised by an arid climate. Key challenges in urban planning in general are uncertainties of the future, especially when it comes to water resources and specifically storm water. ...
Ionic liquid design for enhanced carbon dioxide capture - A computer aided molecular design approach
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Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
, 2014 , Article)
Greenhouse gases emission is known as the main factor of climate change, and carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up vast majority of them. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a vital technology to mitigate industrial CO2 emissions, ...
Integrating public health into climate change law and policies in the MENA region: Current issues and future directions
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Taylor and Francis
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Climate change is a major public health concern in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. MENA is recognized as an active region in oil and gas production; this directly leads to increasing levels of ground ozone ...
Climate Change and the Structural Resilience of the Doha Metro
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
In recent years, the Doha Metro has been the spearhead of Qatar's effort to expand and
upgrade its transportation infrastructure. In its current phase it will comprise three lines
of an approximate overall length of 76 km ...
Cut Carbon, Cut Cost - Feasibility of Applying PAS 2080
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
State of Qatar is committed to delivering its Intended Nationally Determined
Contributions (INDC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat. (Ministry of Environment, 2015). ...
Forecasting Domestic Water Demand Using Meteorological and Satellite Data: Case Study of Greater Beirut Area
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Springer. W.
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Greater Beirut Area (GBA) is expected to suffer from various socio-economic burdens caused by climate change impacts, including those related to rising temperatures, reduced water availability, increased heat waves and ...
Characteristics and renewal of zooplankton communities under extreme environmental stresses in the oligotrophic hypersaline Arabian Gulf
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Impacts of the exceptionally high temperature and salinity on species composition, abundance, biomass and diversity of zooplankton communities were examined in the central Arabian (Persian) Gulf in late winter and summer ...
Agri-food markets in Qatar: Drivers, trends, and policy responses
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article Review)
Agri-food markets are vital in achieving food security, especially for resource-poor, food-importing countries such as Qatar. The paper provides an overview of the evolution of agri-food markets in Qatar and explores the ...