Mega-urban developments on the Arabian Peninsula for a post-oil future

Pasin, Burkay; Öner, Aslı Ceylan

doi:10.4337/9781784712280.00017

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“…Moreover, detailed testimony to the spread and socio-political importance of city-regions in the Global South is coming increasingly not only from a few ‘iconic’ cases in the Global North, as Robinson and Roy (2016) aver, but from the Global South itself in research carried out by scholars whose home bases lie in Africa, Asia and Latin America (e.g. Agyemang et al, 2017; Cheruiyot, 2018; Klink, 2001; Pasin and Oner, 2018; Yeh and Cheng, 2020) and I see no reason to dismiss these scholars as just passive dupes of ‘Northern theory’.…”

Section: Ordinary Provincial and Southern Urban Geographiesmentioning

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The constitution of the city and the critique of critical urban theory

Scott¹

2021

Urban Studies

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A theoretical account of the genesis and internal spatial structure of cities is given. The essence of the urbanisation process is described in terms of the following main developmental phases: (a) the emergence of relationships based on specialisation and interdependence in society; (b) the pre-eminent role of the division of labour within these relationships and its recomposition in dense spatial nodes of human activity; and (c) the concomitant formation of the networked intra-urban spaces of the city. These phases are then contextualised within three intertwined dimensions of urban materiality, namely, an internal dimension (the internal organisation and spatial dynamics of the city), a socially ambient dimension (the relational structure of society at large) and an exogenous dimension (the geographic outside of the city). In light of this account, an evaluative review of what I designate ‘the new critical urban theory’ is carried out, with special reference to planetary urbanisation, postcolonial urban theory and comparativist methodologies. I argue that while every individual city represents a uniquely complex combination of social conjunctures, there are nonetheless definite senses in which urban phenomena are susceptible to investigation at the highest levels of theoretical generality.

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The constitution of the city and the critique of critical urban theory

Scott¹

2021

Urban Studies

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“…Conserving marine biodiversity is a major issue facing legislators, not only to protect the biological integrity of the marine environment but also to enable the sustainable use of its fishery resources for food security (Worm et al, 2009). Urban development within Kuwait Bay, associated with the construction of a causeway and the development of a coastal megacity (Ţăranu, Venghiac & Munteanu, 2017; Pasin & Oner, 2018), will inevitably affect the surrounding habitats and species that they maintain. In recent years, the Kuwait Environment Public Authority (KEPA) has taken measures to ensure the ecological health of Kuwait’s marine environment.…”

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Landing, consumption, and DNA barcoding of commercial seabream (Perciformes: Sparidae) in Kuwait

Al-Zaidan

Akbar

Bahbahani

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Aquatic Conservation

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To our knowledge, this is the first inclusive assessment of the status of Sparidae fisheries in the territorial waters of Kuwait, integrating information on catch trends, consumer preferences, recreational fishing behaviour, and molecular based identification of fish species by DNA barcoding Fisheries landing data were obtained from the official fisheries bulletin released by the Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau. Surveys were conducted to assess consumer preferences on seabream species, landed seabream species, and the behaviour of recreational anglers towards seabream species. DNA barcodes were generated to authenticate commercial seabream using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COXI) gene and then compared with GenBank sequence entries; these sequences were then used to construct a neighbour‐joining (NJ) phylogenetic tree. Yellowfin seabream Acanthopagrus latus was the prime and most favoured commercial seabream species (45%), followed by Sparidentex hasta, which was the top‐rated secondary, unassessed seabream species. Approximately 54% of households conduct recreational fishing more than twice a month, and most (77%) primarily target S. hasta and Ac. latus. Consumer demand for secondary seabreams, which were not assessed and are listed in the bulletin under the category ‘others’, was evident. The NJ phylogenetic tree revealed that Arabian Gulf seabreams, including those of Kuwait, are genetically different from their counterparts inhabiting neighbouring waters. The data presented here highlight the urgency to modify the existing fisheries list using accurate identification tools, such as DNA barcoding, for the sustainable and conservation‐oriented management of local fisheries, which are in decline.

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Mega-urban developments on the Arabian Peninsula for a post-oil future

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The constitution of the city and the critique of critical urban theory

The constitution of the city and the critique of critical urban theory

Landing, consumption, and DNA barcoding of commercial seabream (Perciformes: Sparidae) in Kuwait

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