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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 ...
Mobile Disruptions in the Middle East: Lessons from Qatar and the Arabian Gulf Region in Mobile Media Content Innovation
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Routledge
, 2018 , Book)
Mobile Disruptions in the Middle East identifies trends in mobile media use in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and, more broadly, explores their impact on the nature of digital journalism. Mobility has long been an ...
Towards Sustainable Food System in Qatar: Household Food Waste and Consumption Behavior
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Science and Education Publishing
, 2018 , Article)
It has been proofed that food wastage can be recognized at all level of food life cycle i.e. harvesting,
manufacturing, distributing however, the largest contribution to food waste is the consumption stage by household. ...
التكامل الإقليمي في مجال الغاز بين دول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية: الماضي الصعب والمستقبلات الممكنة
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المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات
, 2018 , Article)
يعرض هذا البحث ديناميات التكامل الإقليمي في مجال الغاز بين دول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية منذ انطلاق "مشروع دولفين للطاقة" في عام 1999؛ ويقترح سيناريوهات لصادرات الغاز عبر خطوط الأنابيب حتى عام 2020. فاستنادًا إلى ...
Who Supports Honor-Based Violence in the Middle East? Findings From a National Survey of Kuwait
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
This study reports findings from what is, to the authors' knowledge, the first nationally representative survey of public attitudes toward honor-based violence (HBV) in a Middle East country affected by such violence, and ...
Ethical Commitments And Raison D’etat In Rentier States: Asylum-Seeker Policies In The Gulf Cooperation Council And Central Asian Republics During The Refugee Crisis
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Rasim Özgür Dönmez (Prof.Dr., Abant İzzet Baysal Univ., editor@alternatifpolitika.com)
, 2018 , Article)
The international migrant crisis made headlines during summer 2015 and challenged the national asylum systems of many countries worldwide. Going beyond academic circles, hot debates on migrants and the role of asylum ...
Social Media Usage and Women's Empowerment in Qatar: Evidence from a National Representative Survey
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Introduction Social media usage has grown in importance over the past decade, particularly in Middle East. During this period, it has come to be recognized as more than a tool for social connections between individuals, ...
Mobility Competitiveness and Security: Expatriate Perspectives from Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Introduction: In order to create and sustain a competitive, knowledge-based economy, Qatar must be able to continually attract, retain and integrate expatriate workers. As described in the Qatar National Development Strategy ...
Nudging greywater acceptability in a Muslim country: Comparisons of different greywater reuse framings in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
With very low annual rainfall and increasingly depleted groundwater resources, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are some of the most water scarce in the world and rely on growing quantities of desalinated water ...
Initial Results from a Study on Greywater Reuse in Qatar: Economic Benefits and Public Opinions
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Due to low annual rainfall and depleted groundwater resources, Qatar relies on expensive and energy-intensive desalination and retreatment plants to meet its growing water demand. With a high consumption rate of 557 ...