Sustainable Development : : An Appraisal from the Gulf Region / / ed. by Paul Sillitoe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Al Othman, Wesam,; Al-Ghanim, Kaltham,; Al-Khalaqi, Aziza,; Al-Khulaifi, Najla,; Al-Misnad, Sheikha,; Almannai, Salah,; Alraouf, Ali A.,; Alshawi, Ali,; Campbell, Ben,; Clarke, Sarah F.,; Coningham, Robin,; Darwish, Bahaa,; Eggerman, Mark,; El Guindi, Fadwa,; Fazeli, Hassan,; Gardner, Andrew M.,; Gilberthorpe, Emma,; Gillmore, Gavin,; Heckler, Serena,; Henfrey, Thomas,; Howard, James,; Manuel, Mark,; Panter-Brick, Catherine,; Porter, Gina,; Rahman, Khondker,; Riva, Mylène,; Sillitoe, Paul,; Tan, Trudy,; Wilson, Rodney,; Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki,
• HerausgeberIn: Sillitoe, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (572 p.)

With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world’s resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century. This volume gives a wide ranging introduction focusing on the arid Gulf region, where the challenges of sustainable development are starkly evident. The Gulf relies on non-renewable oil and gas exports to supply the world’s insatiable CO2 emitting energy demands, and has built unsustainable conurbations with water supplies dependent on energy hungry desalination plants and deep aquifers pumped beyond natural replenishment rates. Sustainable Development has an interdisciplinary focus, bringing together university faculty and government personnel from the Gulf, Europe, and North America -- including social and natural scientists, environmentalists and economists, architects and planners -- to discuss topics such as sustainable natural resource use and urbanization, industrial and technological development, economy and politics, history and geography.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction Sustainable Development in the Gulf -- Chapter 1 Societal Change and Sustainability within the Central Plateau of Iran An Archaeological Viewpoint -- I Planning Sustainable Development -- Chapter 2 Qatar National Vision 2030 Advancing Sustainable Development -- Chapter 3 The Qatar National Master Plan -- Chapter 4 The State of Qatar Along the Way to Sustainable Development -- Chapter 5 Charting the Emergence of Environmental Legislation in Qatar A Step in the Right Direction or Too Little Too Late? -- II Energy and Economic Issues -- Chapter 6 Sustainable Energy What Futures for Qatar? -- Chapter 7 Money Rain The Resource Curse in Two Oil and Gas Economies -- Chapter 8 Islam and Sustainable Economic Development -- III Environmental Issues -- Chapter 9 Linking Local and Global in the Sustainable Development of Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter 10 Conservation and Sustainable Development The Qatari and Gulf Region Experience -- Chapter 11 Promoting Sustainable Development in Marine Regions -- Chapter 12 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability Friends or Enemies? -- IV Urban and Health Issues -- Chapter 13 From Pearling to Skyscrapers The Predicament of Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism in Contemporary Gulf Cities -- Chapter 14 How the City Grows Urban Growth and Challenges to Sustainable Development in Doha, Qatar -- Chapter 15 Sustainable Waste Management in Qatar Charting the Emergence of an Integrated Approach to Solid Waste Management -- Chapter 16 Sustainable Development and Health From Global to Local Agenda -- V Cultural and Social Issues -- Chapter 17 Exploring Collaborative Research Methodologies in the Pursuit of Sustainable Futures -- Chapter 18 On the Importance of Culture in Sustainable Development -- Chapter 19 People, Social Groups, Cultural Practices From Venn Diagrams to Alternative Paradigms for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 20 Contradictory Forces in the Gulf Environment Old and New Cultural Values and Knowledge -- Conclusion A Doha Undeclaration, Puzzling over Sustainable Development with Indigenous Knowledge -- Notes on Contributors -- Index