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Category Text Publication
Reference Category Book chapters
DOI 10.1142/9789811240553_0011
Title (Primary) Smart and sustainable cities in the MENA countries: combining sustainable growth and climate adaption?
Title (Secondary) Climate and development
Author Friesen, J.; Ringel, M.
Publisher Markandya, A.; Rübbelke, D.
Source Titel World Scientific Series on Environmental, Energy and Climate Economics
Year 2021
Department UBZ
Volume 1
Page From 345
Page To 365
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Abstract Cities and urban areas will play an increasing role in mitigating and adapting to global warming. Combining this role with the overall concept of smart city development can lead to solutions that deliver on economic growth and climate protection at the same time. Our contribution aims to analyze the combination of economic, technological, and climate action in smart city projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. We focus on five MENA cities and juxtapose these to a comparison group of European cities with the aim to put our assessment results into an international perspective. We apply a staged methodology of analyzing external factors based on the Global Human Settlement (GHS) dataset and on an internal assessment by means of surveys in which representatives of cities responsible for smart city activities were interviewed…
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=25683
Friesen, J., Ringel, M. (2021):
Smart and sustainable cities in the MENA countries: combining sustainable growth and climate adaption?
In: Markandya, A., Rübbelke, D. (eds.)
Climate and development
World Scientific Series on Environmental, Energy and Climate Economics 1
World Scientific, New Jersey, p. 345 - 365 10.1142/9789811240553_0011