The Green Economy in the Gulf

ISBN-13: 9781138894754 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 286 str.

Mohamed Abdel Raouf; Mari Luomi

Opis

Over the course of the book, academics and practitioners from various fields demonstrate why transitioning into a ‘green economy’ – a future economy based on environmental sustainability, social equity and improved well-being – is not an option but a necessity for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States. Through chapters covering key economic sectors and cross-cutting issues, the book examines the GCC states’ quest to align their economies and economic development with the imperatives of environmental sustainability and social welfare, and proposes a way forward, based on lessons learned from experiences in the region and beyond.

Recenzje

This book is packed full of facts relating to efforts to green the ecomomies of the gulf.Gulf greening efforts have been speeding up lately and the book expalins what the pressures are to bring this about and why it did not happen before.
Harifiyah Abdel Haleem, The Muslim World Book Review Volume 36 Issue 4 Summer 2017

Spis treści

Part 1 Green Economy and the Gulf  1. Introduction  Part 2 Energy and Water  2. Barriers to Greening the Energy Sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council  3. Energy Pricing Reform and the Green Economy in the Gulf Region  4. Spanish Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Lessons for Bahrain Reforms?  5. Promoting an Effective Energy Efficiency Programme in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Opportunities  6. Green Challenges and Some Technological Solutions in the Water Sector of the GCC Countries  Part 3 The Urban Environment  7. Green Buildings in the Arabian Gulf  8. Greening Urban Transport in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Localised Approaches to Modal Integration as Key Success Factors  Part 4 Cross-cutting Issues: Labour, Law and International Cooperation  9. Workers and the Green Economy in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries  10. Agricultural Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of a Green Economy: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates  11. Green Economy Pathways in the Arab Gulf: Global Perspectives and Opportunities

O autorze

Mohamed Abdel Raouf is Research Fellow of the Environmental Research Programme at the Gulf Research Center, Saudi Arabia/Egypt.

Mari Luomi is Research Associate at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK.