Conflict Resilience of Water and Energy Supply Infrastructure: Insights from Yemen
Political instability and conflicts are contemporary problems across the Middle East. They threaten not only basic security, but also infrastructure performance. Supply infrastructure, providing basic services such as water and electricity, has been subjected to damage, capacity deterioration, and t...
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| author | Mohammad Al-Saidi Emma Lauren Roach Bilal Ahmed Hassen Al-Saeedi |
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| description | Political instability and conflicts are contemporary problems across the Middle East. They threaten not only basic security, but also infrastructure performance. Supply infrastructure, providing basic services such as water and electricity, has been subjected to damage, capacity deterioration, and the bankruptcy of public providers. Often, in conflict countries such as Yemen, the continuity of basic supply is only possible thanks to adaptation efforts on the community and household levels. This paper examines the conflict resilience of water and energy supply infrastructure in Yemen during the armed conflict 2015–today. It contributes to resilience studies by linking knowledge on state fragility and conflicts, humanitarian aid, and infrastructure resilience. The paper presents adaptation responses of communities and public entities in the water and energy sectors in Yemen and critically evaluates these responses from the perspective of conflict resilience of infrastructure. The gained insights reaffirm the notion about the remarkable adaptive capacities of communities during conflicts and the importance of incorporating community-level adaptation responses into larger efforts to enhance the conflict resilience of infrastructure systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-305b11c539af48b893eb4fd6c57e7ac22023-11-20T21:51:07ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412020-11-011211326910.3390/w12113269Conflict Resilience of Water and Energy Supply Infrastructure: Insights from YemenMohammad Al-Saidi0Emma Lauren Roach1Bilal Ahmed Hassen Al-Saeedi2Center for Sustainable Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, QatarInstitute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, TH-Köln—University of Applied Sciences, Betzdorfer Straße 2, 50679 Cologne, GermanyFaculty of Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a P.O. Box 13064, YemenPolitical instability and conflicts are contemporary problems across the Middle East. They threaten not only basic security, but also infrastructure performance. Supply infrastructure, providing basic services such as water and electricity, has been subjected to damage, capacity deterioration, and the bankruptcy of public providers. Often, in conflict countries such as Yemen, the continuity of basic supply is only possible thanks to adaptation efforts on the community and household levels. This paper examines the conflict resilience of water and energy supply infrastructure in Yemen during the armed conflict 2015–today. It contributes to resilience studies by linking knowledge on state fragility and conflicts, humanitarian aid, and infrastructure resilience. The paper presents adaptation responses of communities and public entities in the water and energy sectors in Yemen and critically evaluates these responses from the perspective of conflict resilience of infrastructure. The gained insights reaffirm the notion about the remarkable adaptive capacities of communities during conflicts and the importance of incorporating community-level adaptation responses into larger efforts to enhance the conflict resilience of infrastructure systems.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/11/3269infrastructure resilienceconflict resiliencecommunity-based adaptationwater and energy sectorshumanitarian aidYemen |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Al-Saidi Emma Lauren Roach Bilal Ahmed Hassen Al-Saeedi Conflict Resilience of Water and Energy Supply Infrastructure: Insights from Yemen Water infrastructure resilience conflict resilience community-based adaptation water and energy sectors humanitarian aid Yemen |
| title | Conflict Resilience of Water and Energy Supply Infrastructure: Insights from Yemen |
| title_full | Conflict Resilience of Water and Energy Supply Infrastructure: Insights from Yemen |
| title_fullStr | Conflict Resilience of Water and Energy Supply Infrastructure: Insights from Yemen |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conflict Resilience of Water and Energy Supply Infrastructure: Insights from Yemen |
| title_short | Conflict Resilience of Water and Energy Supply Infrastructure: Insights from Yemen |
| title_sort | conflict resilience of water and energy supply infrastructure insights from yemen |
| topic | infrastructure resilience conflict resilience community-based adaptation water and energy sectors humanitarian aid Yemen |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/11/3269 |
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