There exists a general consensus that future climate change has the potential to severely impact fragile regions on the planet, especially the semi-arid to arid zones [1]. If adaptation strategies are absent and institutions are not in place for mitigation, economies will suffer and intraand interstate conflicts over the allocation of scarce resources will potentially ensue. These developments,...

In hot arid regions where long hot summers are common place, energy consumption represents an aspect of particular concern especially as related to peak load. The selection of the best energy option is a complex function of many various variables and thus represents a multi-criteria decision-making problem. This study involved building a decision-making model in order to optimize energy consump...

We consider a partition of a space X consisting of a meager subset of X and obtain a sufficient condition for the existence of a subfamily of this partition which gives a non-Baire subset of X. The condition is formulated in terms of the theory of J. Morgan [1]. All notions concerning category bases come from Morgan’s monograph (see [1]). We establish the following theorem. Theorem A. Let (X,S)...

Mangroves are one of the few woody ecosystems that grow in hot-arid climates. They can survive extreme conditions low precipitation, high solar radiation, wide temperature fluctuations and hypersalinity. These unique mangroves have distinct geomorphology, hydrology, forest structure, tree physiology, soil biogeochemistry. In this review, supported by field data from Australia Mexico, we explore...