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DOI	10.1002/wcc.528
	Ecological modernization and responses for a low-carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
	Al-Saidi M.; Elagib N.A.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	1757-7780
EISSN	1757-7779
卷号	9 期号:4
英文摘要	Low-carbon development is a challenging endeavor for many fossil fuels exporting nations around the world, and is especially important in light of the recent Paris Agreement on climate change. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been adopting innovations and policies in order to diversify their economies and decrease environmental degradation. After decades of high demographic and economic growth, balancing ecological concerns and the need for more dynamic growth have now become cornerstones of those countries' national, urban, and infrastructure planning strategies. This review article introduces the ecological modernization in the GCC region through innovations and reforms. Such a pathway might be a viable model for other oil- and gas-rich economies. The review outlines the current model in the GCC region for achieving a low-carbon future through interventions in the built environment, deployment of renewables, technological investments, and gradual integration in knowledge-intensive global industries. On the other hand, the review points to mixed results with regards to megaprojects and the still existing barriers to adoption of renewables. The obstacles in addressing large environmental footprints and fossil fuel dependency are evaluated. Overall, modernization policies in the Gulf region are still emerging, are rather supply-side focused, and are implicitly driven by the idea of technological primacy. At the same time, in an effort to develop local capacities, policymakers seek to promote comparatively high-potential sectors and maintain the region's global image as a crossroads of trade and modernity. This article is categorized under: The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Decarbonizing Energy and/or Reducing Demand Trans-Disciplinary Perspectives > Regional Reviews. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
英文关键词	built environment; climate change; ecological modernization; Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); renewable energies
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon; Ecology; Economics; Fossil fuels; Investments; Modernization; Urban growth; Built environment; Ecological modernizations; Environmental footprints; Gulf Cooperation Council; Infrastructure planning; Knowledge intensives; Low-carbon development; Renewable energies; Climate change; alternative energy; carbon footprint; climate change; fossil fuel; modernization
来源期刊	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/129950
作者单位	Center for Sustainable Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, Technische Hochschule Köln–University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Al-Saidi M.,Elagib N.A.. Ecological modernization and responses for a low-carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries[J],2018,9(4).
APA	Al-Saidi M.,&Elagib N.A..(2018).Ecological modernization and responses for a low-carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,9(4).
MLA	Al-Saidi M.,et al."Ecological modernization and responses for a low-carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries".Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 9.4(2018).