Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
BioRisk
Publication Date
12-28-2009
Abstract
Th e United Arab Emirates is a small Gulf country with perhaps the fastest rate of infrastructure development anywhere. While there is legislation in place requiring environmental impact assessments (EIA) to be undertaken for all major projects, the speed and scope of development provides special challenges in devising and implementing ecological mitigation against the loss of habitats and biodiversity that this development engenders. Th is paper critically discusses mitigation strategies that have been attempted, and suggests mitigation strategies in the local context. It is hoped that this will assist both the environmental consultants involved in the EIA process and the competent authorities who issue development licences, to the benefi t of the remaining native biodiversity of the area.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers
Volume
3
First Page
27
Last Page
38
Disciplines
Life Sciences
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Gardner, Andrew and Howarth, Brigitte, "Urbanisation in the United Arab Emirates: The challenges for ecological mitigation in a rapidly developing country" (2009). All Works. 3832.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3832
Indexed in Scopus
no
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series