Sunday, June 3, 2012

Introduction/Background

In this blog, we will be talking about the different aspects of the city of Doha, Qatar such as the government, environment, city plan, demographics, and economy.
The State of Qatar is a small but very wealthy country on the western-southwestern coast of the Arabian Gulf. It is rich in oil and natural gas, from which it receives its revenues. It is occupied by around 2,000,000 people, with 20% being the local population, and the rest being expatriates from all over the world (countries such as India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka provide the majority of the work force). 
Qatar is a constitutional monarchy, the current ruler being Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani since 1995. There is also a governing council made up of elected and appointed officials, as well as a constitution that controls the ruler and government and prevents corruption.
Qatar is not very environmentally friendly, having one of the world's highest carbon emissions due to construction, use of fossil fuels in vehicles and factories, and production of desalinized water, air conditioning, natural gas, and electricity. This is bad, and can gravely influence the future of Qatar's people.
In this blog, we will explore all these fields in depth and find more sustainable solutions to current methods with our own sustainable methods and solutions in order to create a better Qatar for future generations.   

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