Water, Energy & Food Sustainability in the Middle East The Sustainability Triangle /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Murad, Sohail (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Baydoun, Elias (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Daghir, Nuhad (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Environmental health.; Climate change.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Natural resources.; Climate Change.; Natural Resources.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Water and Health.

This book provides a survey of technologies available to tackle the problems associated with climate change in the energy, water and food security nexus with a special focus on the Middle East. It is divided into three main sections. The energy Section consists of six chapters, the water section of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1. Water
• 1. Climate Change and Water Science Policy in Management (Adnan Badran)
• 2. The Triangle: Energy, Water & Food nexus for Sustainable Security in the Arab Middle East (Peter Rogers)
• 3. Water, food and trade as an element of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the MENA region (J. A. (Tony) Allan)
• 4. Water And Water Supply In The Mena: Less Of The Same (John Waterbury)
• 5. Water Conservation in the Arab Region (Abdin M.A. Salih)
• 6. State of the Art and Future Applications of Desalination Technologies in the Middle East (Corrado Sommariva)
• Part 2. Energy
• 7. Hydrocarbon Fuels from Lignocellulose (John R. Regalbuto)
• 8. Energy Storage Systems for Smart Grid Applications (Said Al-Hallaj)
• 9. Solar Energy in the Middle East (Nasir El Bassam)
• 10. Reducing Energy Cost for Wastewater Treatment in the Middle East: A Physio-Chemical Prospective (Digambara Patra)
• 11. Wind Power and Potential for its Exploitation in the Arab World (Muhammad R. Hajj)
• Part 3. Food
• 12. Food Security in an Insecure Future (John R. Hillman)
• 13. Soils and Food Security in The Arab World (Isam Bashour)
• 14. Rainfed Agriculture and Food Security in Dry Areas (Kamil Shideed)
• 15. Ensuring Food Security by Improving “Freshwater Use Efficiency” or by Farming the Seas (Imad Saoud)
• 16. Impact Of Food Losses And Waste On Food Security (Wajih.N.Sawaya)
• 17. Foodborne Disease in the Middle East (Ewen C. D. Todd).