Journal papers

Understanding and Enabling “Communities” Within Smart Cities: A Literature Review

Journal of Planning Literature, 2023

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Esmat Zaidan

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Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf

Royal Society Open Science, 10(9), 2023

Authors: Clare M Fieseler, Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi, Brian Helmuth, Alexandra Leitão, Mehsin Al Ainsi, Mohammad Al Mukaimi, Mohammad Al-Saidi, Fahad Al Senafi, Ivonne Bejarano, Radhouan Ben-Hamadou, Josh D’Addario, Ahmad Mujthaba Dheen Mohamed, Bruno W Giraldes, Lyle Glowka, Maggie D Johnson, Brett P Lyons, Daniel Mateos-Molina, Christopher D Marshall, Sayeed Mohammed, Pedro Range, Mohammad Reza Shokri, John MK Wong, Nicholas D Pyenson

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White knight or partner of choice? The Ukraine war and the role of the Middle East in the energy security of Europe

Energy Strategy Reviews, 49: 10116, 2023

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Governing desalination, managing the brine: A review and systematization of regulatory and socio-technical issues

Water Resources and Industry, 30: 100225, 2023

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Imen Saadaoui, Radhouane Ben-Hamadou

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From scenario to mounting risks: COVID-19’s perils for development and supply security in the Sahel

Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(7), 2023

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Suhair A Gayoum Saad, Nadir Ahmed Elagib

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Circular economy and the resource nexus: Realignment and progress towards sustainable development in Saudi Arabia

Environmental Development, 46: 100851, 2023

Authors: Abdulaziz I Almulhim, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Caught off guard and beaten: The Ukraine war and food security in the Middle East

Frontiers in Nutrition, 10: 983346, 2023

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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(10 Years) Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Towards Knowledge Synthesis, Action Prioritization and Revitalization of Security Debates

Frontiers in Water, 4, 2023

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Bassel Daher, Nadir A Elagib

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Disentangling the SDGs Agenda in the GCC region: Priority targets and core areas for environmental action

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2182, 2022

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Diplomacy for the world’s hottest sea

Science, 376 (6600), 1389-1390, 2022

Authors: Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi, Clare M Fieseler, Brian Helmuth, Alexandra Leitão, Mehsin Al-Ainsi, Mohammad Al Mukaimi, Mohammad Al-Saidi, Fahad Al Senafi, Ivonne Bejarano, Radhouan Ben-Hamadou, Josh D’Addario, Ahmad Mujthaba Dheen Mohamed, Bruno W Giraldes, Lyle Glowka, Maggie D Johnson, Brett P Lyons, Daniel Mateos-Molina, Christopher D Marshall, Sayeed Mohammed, Pedro Range, Mohammad Reza Shokri, John MK Wong, Nicholas D Pyenson

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Energy transition in Saudi Arabia: Giant leap or necessary adjustment for a large carbon economy?

Energy Reports, 8, 312-318, 2022

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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The water-energy-food nexus and COVID-19: Towards a systematization of impacts and responses

Science of the Total Environment, 779: 146529, 2021

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Hussam Hussein

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Circular economy in basic supply: Framing the approach for the water and food sectors of the Gulf cooperation council countries

Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27: 1273-1285, 2021

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Probir Das, Imen Saadaoui

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Rethinking infrastructure rehabilitation: Conflict resilience of urban water and energy supply in the Middle East and South Sudan

Energy Research & Social Science, 76: 102052, 2021

Authors: Emma Lauren Roach, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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From acceptance snapshots to the social acceptability process: Structuring knowledge on attitudes towards water reuse

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9: 633841, 2021

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Marine health of the Arabian Gulf: Drivers of pollution and assessment approaches focusing on desalination activities

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 164: 112085, 2021

Authors: Hoda Hosseini, Imen Saadaoui, Navid Moheimani, Mohammad Al Saidi, Fahad Al Jamali, Hareb Al Jabri, Radhouane Ben Hamadou

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Cooperation or competition? State environmental relations and the SDGs agenda in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region

Environmental Development, 37: 100581, 2021

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Gulf futuristic cities beyond the headlines: Understanding the planned cities megatrend

Energy Reports, 6: 114-121, 2020

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Esmat Zaidan

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Promoting sustainable businesses for strong local communities: Qatar’s wild herbal plants industry

Energy Reports, 6: 80-86, 2020

Authors: Johann Sebastian Reyes Bejarano, Thiago Sabatinelli Rodrigues, Columba Marcelli Sánchez, Kaltham Al-Ghanim, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Educating water professionals for the Arab world: Archetypes, change agents and complex realities

Energy Reports, 6: 106-113, 2020

Authors: Sudeh Dehnavi, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Conflict resilience of water and energy supply infrastructure: Insights from Yemen

Water, 12 (11): 3269, 2020

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Emma Lauren Roach, Bilal Ahmed Hassen Al-Saeedi

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Balancing the benefits from the water–energy–land–food nexus through agroforestry in the Sahel

Science of the Total Environment, 742: 140509, 2020

Authors: Nadir Ahmed Elagib, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Too big to handle, too important to abandon: Reforming Sudan’s Gezira scheme

Agricultural Water Management, 241: 106396, 2020

Authors: Anna Goelnitz, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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A quest for the Arabian atom? Geopolitics, security, and national identity in the nuclear energy programs in the Middle East

Energy Research & Social Science, 69: 101582, 2020

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Mehran Haghirian

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From economic to extrinsic values of sustainable energy: Prestige, neo-rentierism, and geopolitics of the energy transition in the Arabian Peninsula

Energies, 13 (21): 5545, 2020

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Evaluation of decentralization and commercialization in the urban water sector of Yemen

International Review of Administrative Sciences, 86(3): 513-528, 2020

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Instruments of energy subsidy reforms in Arab countries—The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries

Energy Reports, 6: 68-73, 2020

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Legacies of state-building and political fragility in conflict-ridden Yemen: Understanding civil service change and contemporary challenges

Cogent Social Sciences 6(1): 1831767, 2020

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Beyond the pledges: reflections on sustainability transitions in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region

Development in Practice, 29(5), 539-544, 2019

Authors: Suzanne H Hammad, Mohammad Al-Saidi, Esmat Zaidan

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Sustainable development in the Arab world–is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region fit for the challenge?

Development in Practice, 29(5), 670-681, 2019

Authors: Esmat Zaidan, Mohammad Al-Saidi, Suzanne H Hammad

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Solar energy farming as a development innovation for vulnerable water basins

Development in Practice, 29(5), 619-634, 2019

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Nisreen Lahham

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Participation modes and diplomacy of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries towards the global sustainability agenda

Development in Practice, 29(5), 545-558, 2019

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Esmat Zaidan, Suzanne Hammad

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Development drivers of the water-energy-food nexus in the Gulf Cooperation Council region

Development in Practice, 29(5), 582-593, 2019

Authors: Ammar Abulibdeh, Esmat Zaidan, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Concretizing green growth and sustainable business models in the water sector of Jordan

Resources, 8(2): 92, 2019

Authors: Jan Engelmann, Mohammad Al-Saidi, Johannes Hamhaber

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Comparative scorecard assessment of urban water pricing policies—The case of Jordan and Iran

Water, 11(4): 704, 2019

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Sudeh Dehnavi

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Water, energy and food supply security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—a risk perspective

Water, 11(3): 455

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Sally Saliba

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Regulation reform process and perception in the Palestinian water sector

Water International 43(7): 908-925, 2018

Authors: Raya Nour, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Insights from negotiations models on water sharing conflicts in the development of water basin plans

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 191(1): 012004, 2018

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Challenges of multi-level water governance at micro-watershed level–A case from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 191(1): 012120, 2018

Authors: Renata Buriti, Mohammad Al-Saidi, Lars Ribbe

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Institutional arrangements for beneficial regional cooperation on water, energy and food priority issues in the Eastern Nile Basin

Journal of Hydrology, 562: 821-831, 2018

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Amr Hefny

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Ecological modernization and responses for a low‐carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, e528, 2018

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Nadir Ahmed Elagib

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Sustainable agriculture in the Arabian/Persian Gulf region utilizing marginal water resources: Making the best of a bad situation

Sustainability 10 (5), 1364, 2018

Authors: J Jed Brown, Probir Das, Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Conflicts and security in integrated water resources management

Environmental Science & Policy, 73: 38-44, 2017

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Urban water pricing in Yemen: A comparison of increasing block tariffs to other pricing schemes

Water International, 42 (3): 308-323, 2017

Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi

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Towards understanding the integrative approach of the water, energy and food nexus

Science of the Total Environment, 574: 1131-1139, 2017

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Nadir Ahmed Elagib

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Water resources vulnerability assessment of MENA countries considering energy and virtual water interactions

Procedia Engineering, 145: 900-907, 2016

Authors: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Diana Birnbaum, Renata Buriti, Elena Diek, Clara Hasselbring, Andres Jimenez, Désirée Woinowski

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