Environment and Sustainable Development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Current Status and Future Strategy
Environment and Sustainable Development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Current Status and Future Strategy
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沙特阿拉伯王国的环境与可持续发展：现状与未来战略
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2013
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通讯作者：
Ahmed Khalil
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T. Husain;Ahmed Khalil
城市地区空气质量恶化；区域人口增长和经济发展导致能源需求和消费增加；淡水稀缺导致安全饮用水供应受到关注；沿海地区空气质量恶化、工业污染、废物管理和污染；以及随后对海洋生态系统造成的压力，这些都是沙特阿拉伯王国面临的重大环境挑战。为了有效地保护环境，需要在可持续框架内采取跨学科的办法，将人的需要与经济发展和环境保护结合起来。本文概述了沙特阿拉伯的主要环境问题和挑战，并提供了将经济增长、社会公平和环境保护作为相互关联的组成部分的机会。将确定政府、利益攸关方、企业、学术机构和个人在决策过程中的积极参与作用，并为每个重大环境问题确定跨学科研究方法。
Air quality deterioration in urban areas; high energy demand and consumption due to regional population growth and economic development; concerns about safe drinking water supplies due to a scarcity of fresh water; air quality deterioration, industrial pollution, waste management, and pollution in coastal areas; and subsequent stress on marine ecosystems are all major environmental challenges being faced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For effective protection of the environment, an interdisciplinary approach within a sustainable framework, which integrates human needs with economic development and environmental protection, is required. This paper presents an overview of Saudi Arabia’s major environmental problems and challenges and offers opportunities to use economic growth, social equity, and protection of the environment as interrelated components. The role of active participation by governments, stakeholders, businesses, academic institutions, and individuals in the decision-making process and an inter-disciplinary research approach will be identified for each major environmental issue.