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Reclaiming the Desert: Towards a Sustainable Environment in Arid Lands
Proceedings of the Third Joint UAE-Japan Symposium on Sustainable GCC Environment and Water Resources (EWR2006), 30 January - 1 February 2006, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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eBook - ePub
Reclaiming the Desert: Towards a Sustainable Environment in Arid Lands
Proceedings of the Third Joint UAE-Japan Symposium on Sustainable GCC Environment and Water Resources (EWR2006), 30 January - 1 February 2006, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
About this book
A comprehensive collection of contributions from the Middle East and Japan, dealing with pressing problems concerning sustainability in arid zones, this time with the accent on environmental science and engineering. The symposium brought together researchers and field engineers who discussed issues such as sulphur utilization in agriculture and con
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- DEVELOPMENTS IN ARID REGIONS RESEARCH SERIES
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- EWR2006
- About the Editor
- Preface
- Summary, recommendations and suggestions for actions
- Sulfur utilization in construction industry
- Compositional control on sulfur polymer concrete production for public works
- Thermo-mechanical behavior of newly developed sulfur polymer concrete
- Development of modified-sulfur concrete (RECOSUL)
- Sulfur utilization in agriculture activities
- Development and implementation of sulfur amendment for the enhancement of sustainable greenery in Kuwait
- Lab and field evaluation of sulfur amendment for the improvement of desert soil
- Ecology
- Identify and prioritize objectives for marine conservation in the Kingdom of Bahrain
- Overcoming innate dormancy in the indigenous forage grass cenchrus ciliaris seeds
- Effects of camel versus oryx and gazelle grazing on the plant ecology of the Dubai desert conservation reserve
- Effect of grazing on vegetation and soil characters of the rangelands in the United Arab Emirates
- Seed storage affects the competitive advantage of weeds: The case of Portulaca oleråcea L.
- Ecological sustainable gardens
- Energy
- The energy sustainability accelerator: An informed protocol for participatory sustainable energy planning in Sudan
- Improving the energy and resource efficiency by imparting relevant technical education and skill training for achieving sustainable cities
- Global warming
- Modeling GHG emissions reductions from different waste management strategies: Case study
- Challenges of Japanâs petroleum industry to prevent global warming
- Modeling of methane air combustion
- Hazardous waste treatment
- Bioremediation for fuel oil contaminated soil in Japan
- Air-sparging, soil vapor extraction and pump and treat remediation system for groundwater and soil contaminated by diesel - a case study
- Waste management aspect analysis for Cylingas company L.L.C., Dubai, UAE
- Investigation of mercury levels in sediments and fish from coastal areas of Abu Dhabi city
- Quantification of exhaust emissions from fleet vehicles at Dubai international airport
- Emergency response planning of oil spills from offshore platforms
- Effect of salt on the degradation of MSW in the bioreactor landfills
- Bioremediation of crude oil contaminated UAE soils: Challenges and advances
- Studies leading to a pilot process for the removal of dibenzothiophene from solutions
- A new thermodynamic model for mixed solvent electrolyte solutions
- Characterization and removal of phenol from wastewater generated at a condensate crude oil refinery
- Occurrence and significance of bacteriophages in biological wastewater treatment processes
- Cell immobilization: Applications and benefits in the treatment of ammonia in wastewater