Water, Energy & Food Sustainability in the Middle East

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Water

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Climate Change and Water Science Policy in Management

      • Adnan Badran

      Pages 3-19

   3. The Triangle: Energy, Water & Food Nexus for Sustainable Security in the Arab Middle East

      • Peter Rogers

      Pages 21-43

   4. Water, Food and Trade as an Element of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the MENA Region

      • J. A. (Tony) Allan

      Pages 45-56

   5. Water and Water Supply in The MENA: Less of the Same

      • John Waterbury

      Pages 57-84

   6. Water Conservation in the Arab Region

      • Abdin M. A. Salih, Gamal M. Abdo

      Pages 85-105

   7. State of the Art and Future Applications of Desalination Technologies in the Middle East

      • Corrado Sommariva

      Pages 107-124

3. Energy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Hydrocarbon Fuels from Lignocellulose

      • John R. Regalbuto, Fahad Almalki, Qiuli Liu, Ritubarna Banerjee, Andrew Wong, Jayson Keels

      Pages 127-159

   3. Energy Storage Systems for Smart Grid Applications

      • Said Al-Hallaj, Stephen Wilke, Ben Schweitzer

      Pages 161-192

   4. Technologies and Options of Solar Energy Applications in the Middle East

      • Nasir El Bassam

      Pages 193-221

   5. Reducing Energy Cost for Wastewater Treatment in the Middle East: A Physio-chemical Prospective

      • Digambara Patra

      Pages 223-244

   6. Wind Power and Potential for its Exploitation in the Arab World

      • Muhammad R. Hajj

      Pages 245-258

4. Food

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259

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   2. Food Security in an Insecure Future

      • John R. Hillman, Elias Baydoun

      Pages 261-282

   3. Soils and Food Security in the Arab World

      • Isam Bashour

      Pages 283-298

   4. Rainfed Agriculture and Food Security in Dry Areas

      • Kamil Shideed

      Pages 299-340

   5. Ensuring Food Security by Improving “Freshwater Use Efficiency” or by Farming the Seas

      • Imad Patrick Saoud

      Pages 341-360

   6. Impact of Food Losses and Waste on Food Security

      • Wajih N. Sawaya

      Pages 361-388

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 seven chapters and finally the food security section has six chapters. The individual chapters are authored by experts and provide discussions and in-depth views on the current status of each topic.

• Food Security in the Middle East
• Water and Energy Supplies
• Climate Change Impacts
• Drought, Water Shortage
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• climate change
• natural resources and energy economics
• water and health

• Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA

  Sohail Murad

• Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  Elias Baydoun

• Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  Nuhad Daghir

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