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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 ...
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)
[No abstract available]
High-skilled migration and the attractiveness of cities.
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Oxford University Press
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Book Description:
Political and scientific debates on migration policies have mostly focused on governments' efforts to control or reduce low-skilled, asylum, and irregular migration or to encourage the return migration ...
Chapter 1 - Overview: Clay Preparation, Properties, Modification
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Matthew Deans
, 2017 , Book chapter)
This chapter reviews clay physicochemical properties and general methods of modification with a view to making a clay–polymer nanocomposite. The first part includes an overview of clays, their different structures, and ...
Travel and Travelers
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Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
, 2016 , Book chapter)
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Unpublished coins from Al-Zubarah: Scientific and economic analysis
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) has kindly permitted the research team to study and publish a number of coins discovered in the old town of Al-Zubarah. The coins are now housed at the 19th century re-built of Al-Zubarah Fort. ...
أقلية من المواطنين: التدين والتناغم الاجتماعي في قطر
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المركز العربي للأبحاث و دراسة السياسات - Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies
, 2016 , Book chapter)
التدين والتناغم الاجتماعي في قطر، ناقش ماجد الأنصاري، المتخصص في الثروة الاجتماعية والمجتمع المدني، المحددات القيمية للعلاقة بين المواطن والمقيم في قطر من خلال عامل الثقة، مستخدمًا نتائج مسح التناغم الاجتماعي الصادر عن ...
Food Regulations and Enforcement in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Food safety and regulation are exceedingly important topics in the Gulf countries, including Qatar. The latter is influenced by a rapid population growth and constraints to local food production caused by a harsh climate ...
Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC: India Migration Report 2016: Gulf Migration
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Routledge
, 2016 , Book chapter)
India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume:
• looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both in India and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries;
• ...
The Performance of Aluminium Electrolysis in A Low Temperature Electrolyte System
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wiley
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The electrolyte based on the molten KF‐AlF3‐NaF system was investigated for low‐temperature aluminium electrolysis in laboratory scale. The current efficiency for aluminium deposition was determined from the amount of ...