greening of the desert

Affordable Housing, Climate Change, Construction Industry, Design, Diversification of the economy, E-Government, Energy and Water Consumption, Environment, Green Buildings, Greening of the desert, Gulf Cooperation Council, Kuwait, MENA, Renewable energy, Sustainable development

08/04/2016 From Overblog …

Quest for a ‘Smart’ City

How do we keep air clean, our carbon footprint low, the population healthy and the environment ‘green’? Queried...

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Cheaper Oil, Construction, Construction Industry, Contracting, Economic development, Economic growth, Expatriate Manpower, Greening of the desert, MENA

07/31/2016 From Overblog …

Saudi Construction & More ... Boom

Saudi Arabia’s Hotel construction boom . . . According to local media, the Saudi Construction & More Boom not only...

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Affordable Housing, Budget Deficit, Building material supply, Carbon footprint, Cities, Climate Change, Design, Dubai, Environment, Green Buildings, Greening of the desert, Gulf Cooperation Council, Information Technology, MENA, Sustainable development

07/20/2016 From Overblog …

Desert Rose City

Sustainable Desert Rose City . . . Time out Dubai and all the online and paper mass media reported yesterday that...

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Afrique, Agriculture, Asia, Cheaper Oil, Climate Change, Economic Development, Economic growth, Education, Environment, Forests and natural vegetation, Greening of the desert, Landscapes, MENA, Oil and Gas, OPEC

07/13/2016 From Overblog …

New Types of Stranded Asset Risks

In the aftermath of the COP21 of last December, it is felt that for the Agreement on Climate Change to bear fruits,...

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Bahrain, Budget Deficit, Buildings, Carbon footprint, Cheaper Oil, Climate Change, Construction, Cultural Heritage, Diversification of the economy, Economic development, Engineering, Environment, Green Buildings, Greening of the desert, Infrastructure projects, Integration of Nature, Landscapes, MENA, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, U A E

06/28/2016 From Overblog …

Buildings with Sustainable Features

Sustainability all over the GCC . . . A Dubai-based developer company is looking to acquire land in Dubailand to...

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Top 10 Cities for Global Green Buildings

Building Tower, Buildings, Buildings Regulations, Carbon footprint, Cheaper Oil, Climate Change, Education, Environment, Green Buildings, Greening of the desert, MENA

06/24/2016 From Overblog …

Top 10 Cities for Global Green Buildings

Top Ten Global Cities for Green Buildings in 2016 . . . A white paper by Solidiance, a corporate strategy consulting...

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Climate Change, Developed Countries, Emerging Markets, Environment, Forests and natural vegetation, Global warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greening of the desert, Integration of Nature, MENA, Renewable energy, Sustainable development, World

06/06/2016 From Overblog …

World Environment Day

Wikipedia defines World Environment Day (WED) as a day that is observed every year on June 5 to raise global awareness...

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Cheaper Oil, Climate Change, Country landscapes, Cultural Heritage, Economic Development, Economic development, Emerging Markets, Environment, Governance, Greening of the desert, Gulf Cooperation Council, Infrastructure, Infrastructure projects, Maghreb, MENA, Middle-East, Sustainable development, Urbanisation development

05/31/2016 From Overblog …

Urbanisation trends in the MENA

Urbanisation trends in the MENA accelerated with the advent of oil and consequently in response to the high earnings...

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Rising temperatures are sign of climate change

Algeria, Climate Change, Country landscapes, Environment, Greening of the desert, Landscapes, MENA, Sustainable development

05/30/2016 From Overblog …

Rising temperatures are sign of climate change

Temperatures Rise Above 46 Degrees C in Algeria . . . 24/7 Wall St produced this article where it is reported that...

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Affordable Housing, Bahrain, Banking & Financial Institutions, Construction Industry, Consultants, Government, Green Buildings, Greening of the desert, Housing, Housing development, MENA, Social housing

05/11/2016 From Overblog …

Bahrain's Housing in May 2016

Bahrain's Housing in May 2016 has currently a backlog of more than 50,000 applications, and long-term demand is...

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