A Water and Energy Nexus

Ben Simpfendorfer

Chapter 8 in The Rise of the New East, 2014, pp 167-188 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The traffic in Doha was jammed as storm drains struggled to deal with the unexpectedly heavy rain. Friends later reported having to scramble for buckets as their homes sprang leaks. That afternoon I met with a local academic at the Texas A&M University in Qatar who was also a specialist in the country’s water desalinization. I arrived late as my car had trouble navigating the traffic and flooded streets. But the academic simply smiled and shrugged it off. “My daughter woke up this morning, saw the rain, and immediately asked me whether she had to go school,” he said. Qatari children apparently treat rainfall much as American or British children treat unexpected snowfall.

Keywords: Energy Efficiency; Water Shortage; International Energy Agency; International Energy Agency; Factory Floor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137370068_9

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