Sustainable Development

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. 

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. 

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Forward
Shaikha Al-Misnad

Introduction: Sustainable Development in the Gulf: Some Introductory Remarks
Paul Sillitoe

Chapter 1. Societal Change and Sustainability within the Central Plateau of Iran: An Archaeological Viewpoint
Mark Manuel, Robin Coningham, Gavin Gillmore and Hassan Fazeli

PART I: PLANNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 2. Qatar National Vision 2030: Advancing Sustainable Development
Trudy Tan, Aziza Al-Khalaqi and Najla Al-Khulaifi

Chapter 3. The Qatar National Master Plan
Khondker Rahman

Chapter 4. The State of Qatar: Along the Way to Sustainable Development
Bahaa Darwish

Chapter 5. Charting the Emergence of Environmental Legislation in Qatar:  A Step in the Right Direction or Too Little Too Late?
Wesam Al Othman and Sarah F. Clarke

PART II: ENERGY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES

Chapter 6. Sustainable Energy: What Futures for Qatar?
Thomas Henfrey

Chapter 7. Money Rain: The Resource Curse in Two Oil and Gas Economies
Emma Gilberthorpe, Sarah F. Clarke and Paul Sillitoe

Chapter 8. Islam and Sustainable Economic Development
Rodney Wilson

PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Chapter 9. Linking Local and Global in the Sustainable Development of Biodiversity Conservation
Ben Campbell

Chapter 10. Conservation and Sustainable Development: the Qatari and Gulf Region Experience
Paul Sillitoe with Ali Alshawi

Chapter 11. Promoting Sustainable Development in Marine Regions
James Howard

Chapter 12. Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability: Friends or Enemies?
Nobuyuki Yamaguchi

PART IV: URBAN AND HEALTH ISSUES

Chapter 13. From Pearling to Skyscrapers: The Predicament of Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism in Contemporary Gulf Cities.
Ali A. Alraouf and Sarah F. Clarke

Chapter 14. How the City Grows: Urban Growth and Challenges to Sustainable Development in Doha, Qatar
Andrew M. Gardner

Chapter 15. Sustainable Waste Management in Qatar: Charting the Emergence of an Integrated Approach to Solid Waste Management
Sarah Clarke with Salah Almannai

Chapter 16. Sustainable Development and Health: From Global to Local Agenda
Mylène Riva, Catherine Panter-Brick and Mark Eggerman

PART V: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES

Chapter 17. Exploring Collaborative Research Methodologies in the Pursuit of Sustainable Futures
Gina Porter

Chapter 18. On the Importance of Culture in Sustainable Development
Serena Heckler

Chapter 19. People, Social Groups, Cultural Practices: From Venn Diagrams to Alternative Paradigms for Sustainable Development
Fadwa El Guindi

Chapter 20. Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Values: Environmental Contradictions in Qatari Society
Kaltham Al-Ghanim

Conclusion: A Doha Undeclaration, Puzzling over Sustainable Development with Indigenous Knowledge
Paul Sillitoe

List of Contributors
Index