Water and food security in the Arabian Gulf / (Record no. 311726)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789948146247 (ebook) |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9789948146223 (hardback) |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9789948146230 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | UkCbUP |
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| Classification number | HD1698.P35 |
| Item number | W38 2013 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.6/1 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Water and food security in the Arabian Gulf / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Water & Food Security in the Arabian Gulf |
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| -- | Abu Dhabi : |
| -- | Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, |
| -- | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xx, 391 pages) : |
| Other physical details | digital, PDF file(s). |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Miscellaneous information | Introduction: |
| Title | Regional Water and Food Security -- |
| Miscellaneous information | Keynote Addresses -- |
| Title | Enhancing Water and Food Security in the Arabian Gulf -- |
| -- | Water, Food and Agricultural Challenges in the GCC -- |
| -- | WATER SECURITY IN A CHANGING WORLD -- |
| -- | Water Security: Supplies, Resources and Uncertainty -- |
| -- | Challenges Facing the Management of Water Resources -- |
| -- | WATER SECURITY IN THE ARABIAN GULF REGION -- |
| Miscellaneous information | The |
| Title | Geopolitics of Water Scarcity -- |
| -- | Water Security in the GCC Countries -- |
| -- | WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE ARABIAN GULF REGION -- |
| -- | National and Regional Water Security Policies in the Gulf States -- |
| -- | Future Water Supply and Demand in the Gulf States -- |
| -- | REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FOOD SECURITY -- |
| -- | Challenges Facing Global Food Supplies -- |
| -- | Food Security Strategies in the Arabian Gulf Region -- |
| -- | WATER AND SECURITY IN THE UAE -- |
| -- | Water Security in the UAE: Challenges and Opportunities -- |
| -- | Food Security in the Uinted Arab Emirates. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Growing populations and economies have led to an increase in water demand around the globe. However, there are large variations in the amounts of water available to nations and regions, and growing concern surrounding the uncertainty associated with these supplies, due in large part to natural and human impacts on the water cycle. Despite its high financial and resource costs, many see desalination as the only viable means of ensuring water supply in the region. They argue that increasing reliance on desalination technology will be the most effective way of augmenting current supplies, despite the security risks associated with this option. While desalination plants are susceptible to natural hazards, mechanical failures and sabotage, they provide the Gulf states with an 'upstream-like' status in terms of their water resources, with all the security and stability this provides. Hence the geopolitical and security benefits of desalination are greater than the potential costs. Like water security, global food security also faces an uncertain future. The Arabian Gulf region suffers from a substantial food gap, as all the countries of the region are net food importers. The increase in the region's population, rising income levels, and harsh weather conditions that prevent the increase of local food production, have resulted in a vast increase in the region's food imports, from a total value of US$ 6.5 billion in 1990 to US$ 28 billion in 2008. Over the past few decades, there have been major changes in the Gulf populations' food consumption patterns and behavior. This dependency is expected to continue to rise as a result of rapidly growing populations, improving living conditions, sustained economic/industrial development and depleting natural resources. To meet their food needs the Gulf countries must rely on international markets, which makes them vulnerable to the vagaries of global food production, trade policies and commodity prices. This is exemplified by the food crisis of 2007/2008, which led Arab Gulf countries to adopt strategies that include building up national strategic food reserves, scaling up subsidies, and acquiring land abroad for agricultural investments. International agro-investments have been a widely publicized reaction of the UAE and other Gulf countries to the global food crisis of 2008, but to improve food security other policy fields may be more important, and the UAE has a considerable number of national levers at its disposal to influence them in its favor. International storage solutions and other forms of multilateral engagement could make global food markets more reliable and predictable. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Water-supply, Agricultural |
| Geographic subdivision | Persian Gulf Region |
| General subdivision | Management |
| Form subdivision | Congresses. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Food supply |
| Geographic subdivision | Persian Gulf Region |
| Form subdivision | Congresses. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Markaz al-Imārāt lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Buḥūth al-Istirātījīyah, |
| Relator term | issuing body. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789948146223 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9789948146247/type/BOOK">http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9789948146247/type/BOOK</a> |
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| Koha item type | E-BOOKS |
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