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Thesis |
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Document Title |
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Rationalization of Residential Water Consumption at the City of Jeddah ترشيد الإستهلاك المنزلي للمياه في مدينة جدة |
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Subject |
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WATER |
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Document Language |
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Arabic |
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Abstract |
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This work focuses on the rationalization of residential water consumption (RRWC) at the
city of Jeddah, the largest 2nd urban conurbation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In the context
of this study (RRWC) is taken as a measure or mechanism for bridging the gap between the
growing demand for water and the relatively meagre supply of this critical resource. As such
the study is vitally significant due to a host of factors, that when combined together, produce an
awful lot of complications. Unique among these is the ever-growing size of Jeddah’s population,
its thriving economic activities along with the city’s unprecedented vertical and horizontal
expansion. The main objectives of this study however include: the identification of the existing
available water resources for the city in general and for its residential areas in particular. Factors
impacting the rationalization of water consumption at homes constitute the 2nd main target of
this dissertation, whereas the patterns of water consumption in homes represent the third main
objective of the study. Stemming from this set objectives, the author formulates a number of
hypotheses and attempts verifying them. Salient among these are: the presence of a wide gap
between demand for water and its supply; the social, economic and religious factors impacting
that supply; and the role of media in bringing down water consumption in Jeddah homes. The
terminology and concepts related to the topic have been fairly highlighted with some emphasis
exerted on water security as one of the fundamental components of comprehensive security.
Furthermore, the author restricted her study to the city of Jeddah i.e. (spatial limits), where the
study community exists (housewives). As for the temporal dimension the study covers a oneyear
period (20082009/). Regarding previous works that are directly or indirectly pertaining
to this study the student succeeds in reviewing 14 published works. In her review she attempts
to assess those works, and pin-point the aspects of close relevance to her thesis. Additionally,
the student gives sufficient room to the methodical aspects as well; data collection mechanism,
including fieldwork conducted at selected parts of the city. Some completed 703 questionnaire
forms out of 900 distributed are received, processed and utilized for serving the purposes of the
dissertation. The dissertation, however, comprises 5 chapters, an introduction and a long list
of reliable Arabic and English references, some 58 tables, 16 figures and three supplements.
The main results of the study are as under: Desalinated seawater is by far the major source
of water available for domestic use; the impacts of certain physical and human factors on the
consumption of water are conspicuously tangible. Not only that but all related hypotheses of the
study proved to be valid. Finally the dissertation makes a number of important recommendations,
and envisions some futuristic trends as regards the rationalization of water in Jeddah and other
Saudi big cities as well. |
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Supervisor |
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OSAMA RSHAD JASTANIH |
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Thesis Type |
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Master Thesis |
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Publishing Year |
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1431 AH
2010 AD |
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Number Of Pages |
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243 |
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Added Date |
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013 |
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Researchers
| رباب عبدالعزيز الغامدي | ALGAMDI, RBAB ABDULAZIZ | Investigator | Master | |
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