9 relations: Desalination, Dubai, Economy of Dubai, Environmental issue, Fossil fuel, Natural gas, United Arab Emirates, Urbanization, Water scarcity.
Desalination
Desalination is a process that extracts mineral components from saline water.
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Dubai
Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Economy of Dubai
Dubai's gross domestic product as of 2008 was US $82.11 billion.
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Environmental issue
Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activity on the biophysical environment.
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Fossil fuel
A fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ancient photosynthesis.
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Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة), sometimes simply called the Emirates (الإمارات), is a federal absolute monarchy sovereign state in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north.
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Urbanization
Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban residency, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to this change.
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Water scarcity
Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet water demand.
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