Abstract: The United Arab Emirates is making notable progress in diversifying its economy through tourism, trade, and manufacturing. However, in the near term, oil, natural gas, and associated industries will continue to account for the majority of economic activity. Rising gas demand from power stations and industrial users such as petrochemical producers and steel manufacturers has turned the UAE into a net gas importer in the past decade, triggering multi-billion dollar investments into nuclear power and renewable energy. This paper looks into the patterns of energy production and consumption in the UAE in the context the changing nature of global energy markets. The paper analyzes current and proposed national energy initiatives, and assesses their impacts on the future of the country. The research considers a wide range of statistics from various sources to highlight the current situation and to predict future scenarios. The study also includes a SWOT analysis of the energy situation in the

• Publication Date: 29-Apr-2018
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-148-1-10
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Abstract: Located on the West coast and spanning 7000 sq. km, Goa is India‟s smallest state by area with nearly 38% of its area is forest. However, it has significant deposits of manganese, bauxite and iron ore. The then Portuguese government handed 700 „mining concessions‟ to allow people to mine the area. Post liberation, the Government of India cancelled these concessions and provided „mining leases‟ under the purview of Indian mining and environmental regulation, in 1987. Despite these measures, the mining industry has grown exponentially – form less than 5 million tonnes in the 1960‟s to more than nearly 60 million tonnes in 2011, after which an inquiry into illegal mining by the Shah commission and a supreme court interim ban on all extraction occurred. In April 2014, the ban has been lifted and an annual cap of 20 million tonnes has been placed (Goa foundation - Sweet Land of Mine, 2009). The main rivers Mandovi and Zuari both flowing into the Arabian sea are navigable by ba

• Publication Date: 29-Apr-2018
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-148-1-38
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