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Too big to handle, too important to abandon: Reforming Sudan's Gezira scheme
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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 ...
Solar energy farming as a development innovation for vulnerable water basins
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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
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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
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
© 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 ...
Comparative scorecard assessment of urban water pricing policies-The case of Jordan and Iran
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Urban water pricing is becoming increasingly important due to the rapid rate of urbanization and the expansion of water reclamation and reuse. The mounting evidence of failures of current pricing schemes makes analyzing ...
Sustainable development in the Arab world–is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region fit for the challenge?
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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 ...
Water, energy and food supply security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries-A risk perspective
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article Review)
Supply systems for water, energy and food in the Gulf region are becoming highly interlinked. In the last decades, interdependence was evident in the increase of coproduction plants and the cross-sectoral resource use ...
Concretizing green growth and sustainable business models in the water sector of Jordan
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
The green growth paradigm has gained much attention from various governments worldwide as a guiding strategy for national and sectoral growth strategies. There is, however, little knowledge on how to integrate green growth ...
Beyond the pledges: reflections on sustainability transitions in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region
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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 ...
Marine health of the Arabian Gulf: Drivers of pollution and assessment approaches focusing on desalination activities
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article Review)
The Arabian Gulf is one of the most adversely affected marine environments worldwide, which results from combined pollution drivers including climate change, oil and gas activities, and coastal anthropogenic disturbances. ...