A Rentier State under Blockade: Qatar’s Water-Energy-Food Predicament from Energy Abundance and Food Insecurity to a Silent Water Crisis

This article investigates Qatar’s sustainability crisis of the high levels of water, electricity and food use. The high levels of consumption have been enabled by Qatar’s significant hydrocarbons wealth, a generous rentier state’s redistributive water governance, and structural dependence on importe...

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Main Authors: Hussam Hussein, Laurent A. Lambert
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
desalination
water-energy-food
rentier state
redistributive water governance
Qatar
blockade
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/4/1051
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