Sustainable Qatar: Social, Political and Environmental Perspectives

This open access book provides a topical overview of the key sustainability issues in Qatar, focusing on environmental sustainability from a socio-political perspective. The transition to a sustainable Qatar requires engagement with diverse areas of social-political, human, and environmental development. On the environmental aspects, the contributors address climate change, food security, water reuse and desalination, energy, and biodiversity. The socio-political section examines state strategy and regulation, the place of environmental law and geopolitics and sustainability innovators and catalysts. The human section considers economics, sustainability education, the knowledge economy, and waste management. In doing so, the book demarcates the ways in which the country encounters and grapples with significant challenges and delves into the range of options for future pathways to sustainability in Qatar. Relevant to policymakers and scholars in energy and environment, urban and developmental studies, as well as the arenas of politics, climate change and policy, this book is a landmark collection on environmental policy in the Gulf and beyond.

Chapter 1. Sustainable Qatar -- Chapter 2. The Evolvement of Qatar’s Environmental Sustainability Policy: The Strategies, Regulations, and Institutions -- Chapter 3. Law and Governance Innovations on Sustainability in Qatar: Current Approaches and Future Directions -- Chapter 4. FIFA World Cup 2022 as a Catalyst for Environmental Sustainability in Qatar -- Chapter 5. Qatar Foundations: A Sustainability Innovator -- Chapter 6. Qatar's Energy Policy and the Transition Towards a Renewable and Carbon-Neutral Future -- Chapter 7. Qatar in the Energy Transition: Low Carbon Economy Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 8. A Systems Perspective on the Sustainable Development of Qatar -- Chapter 9. Sea Level Rise and the National Security Challenge of Sustainable Urban Adaptation in Doha and other Arab Coastal Cities -- Chapter 10. Assessing and Reporting Potential Environmental Risks Associated with Reefing Oil Platform During Decommissioning in Qatar -- Chapter 11. The Domestic Water Sector in Qatar -- Chapter 12. Contribution of Non-Profit Organizations to Food Security Sustainability in the State of Qatar -- Chapter 13. Terrestrial Biodiversity in Arid Environments: One Global Component of Climate Crisis Resilience -- Chapter 14. Doha as a 15-Minute City – An Urban Fareej -- Chapter 15. Post-Oil Urbanism: A Need for Smart and Sustainable Urban Development Strategies and Framework in the Gulf States -- Chapter 16. Towards the Circular Qatari Zero-Waste Management Sector -- Chapter 17. Education for Sustainable Development in Qatar -- Chapter 18. Developing A Vibrant Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Qatar: A Sustainable Pathway Toward the Knowledge-based Economy? -- Chapter 19. Pathways for a Sustainable Future. .