Biophysical resources and the built environment: Features, foci, and issues in the Muslim majority countries

Saif Al Qaydi

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2633-8_5

Biophysical resources and the built environment: Features, foci, and issues in the Muslim majority countries

Saif Al Qaydi

Department of Geography and Urban Sustain

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Abstract

This chapter analyses figures and features related to the primary resources (petroleum, natural gas), energy (electricity), and transportation (railways, roadways, waterways, river/sea ports), and their possible impacts on the economy and human development in the Muslim majority countries (MMCs). The chapter concludes that the diversity of biophysical resources in the MMCs and the availability of skilled labor force and technology may bring a better future for all. The future strategies of the MMCs, in a globalised world, need to incorporate options for (economic) benefit optimisation through the use of resources that will protect the environment balancing the ecosystem to improve human development in all MMCs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Muslim World in the 21st Century
Subtitle of host publication	Space, Power, and Human Development
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Pages	91-114
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400726338
ISBN (Print)	9400726325, 9789400726321
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2633-8_5
Publication status	Published - Oct 1 2013

Keywords

Bio-fuel
Biodiesel
Bioethanol
Biomass
Electricity
Natural gas
Oil
Renewable resources
Solar energy
Tidal energy
Transportation
Water
Wind energy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)

UN SDGs

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