Iraqi Contemporary Environmental Issues Between Challenges and Sustainability
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https://doi.org/10.23918/eajse.v11i3p13Keywords:
Environment, Sustainability, Economic Growth, Eutrophication, DegradationAbstract
Due to the geographical location of Iraq, Iraq has been singled out for its clear skies, remarkably high temperatures, low relative humidity, and no precipitation for nine months of the year. Extreme summer temperatures result in high evaporation rates, water shortages, marsh and wetland depletion, and poor infrastructure. The consequences of such reflect environmental degradation, animal deaths, and demographic changes. The author’s lived experiences are reflected in the research work. This paper intends to highlight such issues and find means for curbing such localized ecological problems and solutions for sustainability in parallel with economic growth. Iraq population is well above the world growth rate of 1.7%, which averaged over the last ten years to about 2.8%. Our planet Earth is a closed environmental system. Internal and external environmental issues are tackled in this work, and a proposed model for solving any environmental problem has been suggested. Economic growth, economic development, geographic and geopolitical influences are being considered. Those local and cross-border issues can bring the decision-makers' attention to consider in planning sustainable growth.
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