A Rentier State under Blockade: Qatar’s Water-Energy-Food Predicament from Energy Abundance and Food Insecurity to a Silent Water Crisis

This article investigates Qatar’s sustainability crisis of the high levels of water, electricity and food use. The high levels of consumption have been enabled by Qatar’s significant hydrocarbons wealth, a generous rentier state’s redistributive water governance, and structural dependence on importe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hussam Hussein, Laurent A. Lambert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/4/1051