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Dubai Before Dubai: The Pietiläs and the City Coastline

New Instrumentalities, 2018
This paper will attempt to highlight the land reclamation as an instrument of urban planning. To achieve this goal, Dubai will be considered as a case study and, specially, Reima and Raili Pietilä’s proposal for the Deira Sea Corniche Competition as a visionary proposal which anticipated the creation of artificial islands in the city.
Aglieri Rinella, Tiziano, García Rubio, Rubén   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Shaping Energy Transitions: Sectoral Demand, Climate Risk Exposure, and Renewable Pathways in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah, Emmanuel Baffour Gyau, Genanew Bekele Worku, Simplice A. Asongu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic disparities in healthcare utilization under universal health coverage: evidence from Dubai household health survey

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background In 2013, Dubai implemented the Insurance System of Advancing Health in Dubai (ISAHD) law which required mandatory health insurance for all residents of Dubai effective in 2016. This study compares the effect of the ISAHD on the utilization and
Shreena Malaviya, David Bishai, Meenu Mahak Soni, El Daw Suliman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Stakeholder Pressure to Strategic Advantage: A Framework of Achieving Environment Sustainability Through Pathway of Carbon Neutrality

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Businesses are increasingly striving to reduce their carbon footprint, with carbon offsetting emerging as a viable pathway towards achieving carbon neutrality. Such efforts signify a demonstrated commitment to fostering environmental sustainability and contributing to a more sustainable future.
Sanjeev Yadav, Ashutosh Samadhiya, Anil Kumar, Sunil Luthra, Krishan Kumar Pandey   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artistic Features of the Middle East Modern Tall Architecture. United Arab Emirates. Dubai

Academia: Архитектура и строительство, 2018
In article are considered some actual social aspects of artistic development of tall buildings architecture of Dubai (UAE); also showed the main problems and perspective directions/trends of their movement.
Andrei V. Korotich,
doaj   +1 more source

Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher, Darlene Himick, Leigh Ellen Walsh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Study of Overweight and Obesity among Secondary School Students in Dubai: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice

Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2008
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in UAE was dramatically increased in the last few years, which has major public health implications.
Wasfy A, Almarzouky A, Alattar F, Mahdy N, Makhlouf M, Ahmed A   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Board That Transforms: Relationship Between Board Structure and Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance in BRICS Countries

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between board composition characteristics and ESG performance in companies from BRICS countries, and to assess how sector sensitivity moderates this relationship. A sample of 2045 BRICS companies was examined using panel data regression with random effects and logistic regression ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos, Cíntia de Melo de Albuquerque Ribeiro, Elis Regina de Oliveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Planning an accessible expo 2020 within Dubai’s 5 star hotel industry from legal and ethical perspectives [PDF]

Journal of Tourism Futures, 2016
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the accessibility laws currently in effect in the United Arab Emirates and, specifically, Dubai.
Stephanie Morris, Scolah Kazi
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a quality assurance model for small military institutions [PDF]

, 2008
Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) has a limited manpower, land to manoeuvre and resources. This reason has led the researcher to investigate the effective dimensions of discovering a model for quality assurance in higher education within a military context in ...
Bahzad, Y, Irani, Z
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