Middle Eastern Cities in a Time of Climate Crisis
The climate crisis is hitting around the world, including in the Middle East and its cities. Urban regions are exposed to increasingly frequent heat waves and floods that leave decision makers without immediate answers. In the context of this global crisis, this book addresses the need for a better understanding of the current model of urban expansion. Cities are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but they are also celebrated for their contribution to economic growth. The current ...
Éditeur : CEDEJ - Égypte/Soudan
Lieu d’édition : Le Caire
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 24 novembre 2022
ISBN numérique : 978-2-900956-09-0
DOI : 10.4000/books.cedej.8534
Collection : Dossiers du Cedej
Année d’édition : 2022
Nombre de pages : 240
Agnès Deboulet et Waleed Mansour
Introduction. Cities and Urban Regions: Central Actors in the Climate CrisisPart I. Over-carbonization and Environmental Degradation: Middle Eastern Cities and Urban Regions under Vital Contradictions
David Sims
Greater Cairo and Greenhouse Gas EmissionsPascal Menoret
The Petroptimist: Dancing in the Ruins of Fossil CapitalismAhmed Zaazaa
The Extractive Sector: Real Estate Urbanism in Greater Cairo and its Toll on the EnvironmentTala Alaeddine et Abir Saksouk
Land Policy and Environmental Justice: The Case of Publicly Owned Properties in LebanonSylvie Fanchette
Delta Vulnerability Linked to Climate and Environmental Changes: Metropolization Challenges in Asian and Nile DeltasFlorian Bonnefoi
Adapting to Climate Change: For a Social Approach to Coastal Defence Structures in the Nile DeltaDalila Ghodbane
Building Climate Resilience, Literally: Learning from How Households Renovate in CairoRomani Badir et Bénédicte Florin
Useful! For a Recognition of Waste Pickers in the Circular EconomyPart II. Paths for De-carbonization and Biodiversity Recovery
Nabeel El Hady
Addressing Waste as a Basis for Regenerative TransformationsEric Huybrechts
Planning Megacities Facing Climate ChangeLaila Iskandar
Informal Settlements: Home to Cities’ Principal Recyclers/Waste Managers and Climate ChampionsHeba Attia Mousa
The Making of the Egyptian Cycling SceneMohammed Abosira, Ibrahim Garcia, Iman Hassan et al.
Urban Inclusion and Environmentally Responsive Architecture: Creating a Women-Friendly Space in Izbat al-Burg, DamiettaRagia El-Gerzawy
Air Pollution and Climate Change: Two Sides of the Same CoinAhmed El Dorghamy
Heat Island Effects and CitiesThe climate crisis is hitting around the world, including in the Middle East and its cities. Urban regions are exposed to increasingly frequent heat waves and floods that leave decision makers without immediate answers. In the context of this global crisis, this book addresses the need for a better understanding of the current model of urban expansion. Cities are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but they are also celebrated for their contribution to economic growth. The current moment is one of a large paradigm shift as climate change is now recognized as a legitimate public problem. This is especially true for city dwellers, who are increasingly exposed to climate change, the loss of biodiversity and heavy pollution while natural breathing spaces continue to shrink around them. The sixteen chapters of this book do not offer any off-the-rack or technical solutions, but they analyze the urban conundrum and the contribution of cities to the climate crisis. Some chapters focus on individual car ownership, land privatization, waste management and land use changes under the guise of development. Others explore local and contextual answers to urban governance issues. With the support of CEDEJ and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, researchers, experts and civil society actors explore the ongoing transformations of Middle Eastern urban environments and mobilities and question them in relation to the climate crisis. The contributions are based on empirical knowledge gathered in the Nile Delta, the Greater Cairo Region, Riyadh and Beirut. Without concessions to mainstream thinking, this book contributes to a better understanding of urban challenges, climate threats and policy responses in contexts marked by growing environmental inequalities.
Agnès Deboulet is a Professor of Sociology at the Univeristé Paris 8 and a member of the Laboratoire Architecture Ville Urbanisme Environnement (LAVUE) research unit at CNRS. She served as director of CEDEJ until the summer of 2022. Her recent books include Rethinking precarious neighborhoods, published by Études de l’AFD in 2016, and Sociétés urbaines au risque de la Métropole, published by Dunod in 2022.
Waleed Mansour is a climate and energy programme manager at the Egypt office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. He holds a master’s degree in environmental and energy management from the University of Twente (Netherlands) and has worked in various international development institutions, including the UN and GIZ. He is currently pursuing an Executive MSc in Cities at the London School of Economics.
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