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Title: | Science, technology and sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa |
Editor: | Ahmed, Allam |
Year: | 2007 |
Pages: | 380 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Genève |
Publisher: | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
ISBN: | 0907776302; 0907776329 |
Geographic terms: | Northern Africa Egypt Eritrea Sudan Tunisia Middle East |
Subjects: | science technology sustainable development information management innovations public health food controls water resources environmental management |
Abstract: | This book examines the complex relationship between science, technology and the environment in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA). It investigates efforts made by different countries in the MENA region to tackle the challenges of sustainable development. Contributions on Africa include: The evolution of the ICT industry in Egypt (Sherif Kamel); Information and communication technologies, education and development in Eritrea (Ravinder Rena); Technology transfer by transnational corporations in Egypt's car industry (Ali Shamsavari and Yasser Taha); A comprehensive solution to compact malaria in Sudan: constraints and challenges (Samar Ahmed); Water demand management in Tunisia (Mounir Belloumi); Heavy metals and pesticides residue in commercial fresh vegetables in Sudan (Mohamed S. DafaelSeed, Mohammed M. Eltayeb, Amro B. Hassan and Elfadil E. Babiker). [ASC Leiden abstract] |