Ismail SerageldinBibliotheca Alexandrina
Ismail Serageldin
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Introduction
Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria, Vice President of the Institut d'Egypte (Egyptian Academy of Science). He has been appointed by,Egyptian PM Ibrahim Mehleb, as his advisor in matters concerning culture, science, and museums.
He also serves as Chair and Member of a number of advisory committees for academic, research, scientific and international institutions and civil society efforts .
More about Ismail Serageldin:
http://www.serageldin.com/Home/Page.aspx?id=21
Additional affiliations
July 2017 - July 2020
June 2017 - present
the Library of Alexandria
Position
- Librarian
April 2010 - May 2011
Position
- Professor of the International Chair “Savoirs contre Pauvreté” (Knowledge Against Poverty)
Education
December 2016 - December 2016
Gəncə Dövlət Universiteti
Field of study
May 2015 - May 2015
August 2012 - August 2012
Publications
Publications (237)
Water for a growing planet by Ismail Serageldin with Ehsan Masood, a report drafted at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina with the valuable inputs of eminent speakers. October 2008 – built on a day meeting following a Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture 2007 : “Water for food – Water for Life”, Edited by David Molden – Colombo: IWM...
Much more than a building: Reclaiming the Legacy of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
By Ismail Serageldin Alexandria, Egypt: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, c2007 –
ISBN 978-977-6163, DDC 027.0621
The recent cartoon controversy that engaged the world showed that there was a profound gulf of misunderstanding between the Muslim world and the west. To many in the west, the publication of some offensive cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper, and their subsequent reprinting in other western papers, was just a matter of free ex...
This little essay is presented by way of introduction to the four documents presented in this book.
The dawn of 21 century is a gloomy picture for future generations of India because of increasing water scarcity, which is often fabricating threats of water conflicts. Water is a critical shared resource, and its flow is not restricted to any political boundaries. This necessitates peaceful sharing of water resources both within and among countries...
In a special Perspective based on his plenary lecture at the 2002 AAAS Meeting,
Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria in Egypt and former Vice President of the World Bank, calls on scientists in developed
and developing nations to unite to help solve the enormous challenges posed by world hunger and poverty.
There are many problems facing us on the road to a water-secure future. This paper addresses only one: the need for more water for food production to meet the needs of a population that will increase by some 2 billion before it stabilizes. Irrigation accounts for about two-thirds of total water withdrawals and as much as 80-90% in many developing c...
The World Commission for Water in the 21st Century set out the vision of a "water secure world" and suggested a comprehensive set of measures to achieve this aim. Criticism of the role of water pricing in these measures underestimates the strength of its case in environmental, financial, economic, social, political and ethical terms. The Framework...
Incl. bibl. Some essays in this volume were presented at a Workshop organized at the World Bank in April 1997.
Biotechnology and Biosafety was a forum associated with
The Fifth Annual World Bank Conference on
Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development,
held at the World Bank, October 9-10,1997
Biotechnology can contribute to future food security if it benefits sustainable small-farm agriculture in developing countries. Presently, agrobiotechnology research cites ethical, safety, and intellectual property rights issues. Protection of intellectual property rights encourages private sector investment in agrobiotechnology, but in developing...
This paper establishes the broad context for the research results reported in this special volume. It explores some of the broad technical, social, and economic forces that will influence water management and demand and supply of water in the twenty-first century. IWMI's work will contribute to a broader global effort, preparing a "Vision for Water...
Biotechnology - the technique of using living organisms or their parts to make or modify products, improve plants or animals, or develop microorganisms for specific use - comprises an important and powerful set of enabling technologies with which to solve an array of problems. The power of these technologies is unlike any the scientific world of bi...
All over the world, demand for water is increasing, inexorably driven by population pressure, rapid industrialization and agricultural intensification. As there are disparities between regions or countries, the water management has to be considered globaly. The first priority is to provide everyone with clean drinking water. It exists at the intern...
Conference sponsored by the World Bank and the
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Proceedings of a Concurrent Meeting of the Fifth Annual World Bank Conference
on Environmentally and SociallySustainable Development.
Cosponsored by UNESCO and the World Bank
The spate of articles about China's food needs, the increases in the price of wheat, and the concerns of population growth in the poor countries of the world, have converged to shake the world's unwarranted complacency towards the issue of food security. This makes the upcoming food security summit particularly timely. It is indeed important that t...
To manage water more effectively, a new approach is necessary, incorporating a balanced set of policies and in stitutional reforms. Its core is the adoption of a comprehensive framework for water management that recognizes the interactions among the elements of a river basin's ecosystem and incorporates cross-sectional and environmental considerati...
The author argues that we still do not know the exchange rate of human and man-made capital, neither can we measure the contribution of human capital, but recognising the limitations allows the debate to continue. He discusses the definition of sustainable development, sustainability as opportunity; the four kinds of capital - man-made, natural, hu...
The importance of water to our lives, our economies, and our ecosystem is emphasised and the failure of current policies to manage this resource effectively is highlighted. Four principal and related problems in the way governments have managed their water resources are discussed. Current trends in the growth of population, urbanisation, industrial...
In this report international, national, nongovernmental, and public and private business and industry leaders and officials present their approaches to urban energy, transportation, and solid waste services that advance environmentally sustainable development. In each case the approach improves the quality of life in cities and presents new entrepr...
On the Second Annual Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development
sponsored by The World Bank and held at The National Academy of Sciences and The World Bank
Washington, D.C.
Projects
Projects (2)
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) follows in the footsteps of the Ancient Library of Alexandria as a meeting point for cultures and civilizations. It aims to rise to the digital challenge in order to develop African innovation through the use of science and technology in networks that extend throughout Africa. The new goal set by the BA is to connect those with common interests and expertise to hasten the development of knowledge and enable immediate sharing of knowledge and contributions.
It is the role of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and its duty, to act as “the international hub” to several significant academic and research networks that aim to connect the rising and the future generations of teachers and researchers in Africa. It is also well-positioned to launch a number of these networks in several fields.
http://afn.bibalex.org/
Welcome to the Euclid's Statistical Matrix! This is a Multiilingual Dashboard designed to assist in the teaching and learning of the basics of statistics. http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/ResearchMethods/StatisticsMatrix.htm
