Screen LibrarySustainable states : environment, governance, and the future of the Middle East /
"For tens of millions in the Arab world, shortages of power, water and waste collection are more than a daily inconvenience. They are a persistent sign that the systems around them have failed. The failure to provide reliable utilities reaches beyond inconvenience, however. It harms nutrition a...
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Center for Strategic and International Studies ; Rowman & Littlefield,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC : Lanham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"For tens of millions in the Arab world, shortages of power, water and waste collection are more than a daily inconvenience. They are a persistent sign that the systems around them have failed. The failure to provide reliable utilities reaches beyond inconvenience, however. It harms nutrition and health, weakens economies, and poisons politics. Left unaddressed, the problems build on themselves and create a downward spiral. And yet, technology and innovation provide pathways out of the cycle. New methods of providing services contribute to increased environmental sustainability, greater resilience, and healthier relations between governments and their citizens. The CSIS Middle East Program explored how new methods of providing utilities--often more decentralized, and often emphasizing renewable technologies--offers significant opportunities for the Middle East. The CSIS team also found more sustainable service delivery is an important vehicle to address the corrosive lack of trust in many Middle Eastern societies. To execute this project, CSIS worked with a senior-level advisory board and drew from the expertise of a working group of regional experts. The main report focuses on Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia, and working group members contributed additional analysis."--Publisher description. |
| Item Description: | "May 2021". |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 81 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-81). |
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9781538140376 1538140373 |
| Index Number: | HC79 |
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X22 D737 |
| Call Number: | D737/A466 |
| Contents: | JORDAN : Governance of service delivery ; Power ; Water and sanitation ; Waste ; Analysis -- LEBANON : Governance of service delivery ; Power ; Water and sanitation ; Waste ; Analysis -- TUNISIA : Governance of service delivery ; Power ; Water and sanitation ; Waste ; Analysis -- COMMONALITIES : Obstacles to the transition to sustainability ; The trust deficit. |