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Saleem H. Ali is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research spans a multidisciplinary approach primarily focused on social sciences, engineering, and environmental science. The scholar has contributed extensively to subfields such as sociology and political science, mechanical engineering, building and construction, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and global and planetary change.

The main topics addressed in Saleem H. Ali's work include:

  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Mining and Resource Management
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Global Development and Urbanization
  • Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies

Saleem H. Ali has published research in notable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Global Sustainability
  • Sustainability

Their recent scholarly articles include:

  • Sustainable minerals and metals for a low-carbon future, 2020, Science
  • Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable climate change mitigation, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Solar geoengineering: The case for an international non-use agreement, 2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Mapping anthropogenic mineral generation in China and its implications for a circular economy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Global review of human waste-picking and its contribution to poverty alleviation and a circular economy, 2022, Environmental Research Letters

The researcher's collaborative work includes frequent contributions alongside coauthors such as Thomas Nolan Hale, John Steen, Dominic Kniveton, Kamila Svobodová, and Shabbir Ahmad, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their field of study.

In addition to journal publications, Saleem H. Ali has authored books published by respected academic presses. These include:

  • Mining, the Environment, and Indigenous Development Conflicts, published by University of Arizona Press in 2021
  • Adaptive Governance to Manage Human Mobility and Natural Resource Stress, published by Cambridge University Press in 2023

Best Publications

  • Quality of life: an approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being

    Robert Costanza;Brendan Fisher;Saleem Ali;Caroline Beer

  • Environmental Diplomacy: Negotiating More Effective Global Agreements

    Lawrence E. Susskind;Saleem H. Ali;Zakri Abdul Hamid

  • Mineral supply for sustainable development requires resource governance

    Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Damien Giurco;Nicholas Arndt;Edmund Nickless

  • Sustainable minerals and metals for a low-carbon future

    Benjamin K. Sovacool;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Morgan Bazilian;Ben Radley

  • Conflict translates environmental and social risk into business costs

    Daniel M. Franks;Rachel Davis;Anthony J. Bebbington;Anthony J. Bebbington;Saleem H. Ali

  • Material efficiency strategies to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings, vehicles, and electronics—a review

    Edgar G. Hertwich;Saleem Ali;Luca Ciacci;Tomer Fishman;Tomer Fishman

  • Rare earths supply chains: current status, constraints and opportunities

    Artem Golev;Margaretha Scott;Peter D. Erskine;Saleem H. Ali

  • Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science

    Laura J. Sonter;Laura J. Sonter;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson

  • An Integrative Approach to Quality of Life Measurement, Research, and Policy

    Robert Costanza;Brendan Fisher;Saleem H. Ali;Caroline C. Beer

  • Property rights and grassland degradation : A study of the Xilingol Pasture, Inner Mongolia, China

    Wen Jun Li;Saleem H. Ali;Qian Zhang

  • Social and Environmental Impact of the Rare Earth Industries

    Saleem H. Ali

  • Mining, the environment, and indigenous development conflicts

    Saleem H. Ali

  • Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future

    Edgar Hertwich;Reid Lifset;Stefan Pauliuk;Niko Heeren

  • Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable climate change mitigation

    Mehdi Azadi;Stephen A. Northey;Stephen A. Northey;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Mansour Edraki

  • Sustainability of Rare Earths—An Overview of the State of Knowledge

    Benjamin C. McLellan;Glen D. Corder;Saleem H. Ali

  • Mapping anthropogenic mineral generation in China and its implications for a circular economy

    Xianlai Zeng;Xianlai Zeng;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Jinping Tian;Jinhui Li

  • Sustainable livelihoods and indicators for regional development in mining economies

    Julia Horsley;Sarah Prout;Matthew Tonts;Saleem H. Ali

  • Peace with Hunger: Colombia’s Checkered Experience with Post-Conflict Sustainable Community Development in Emerald-Mining Regions

    Isabel B. Franco;Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira;Saleem H. Ali

  • Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century: Gearing extractive industries towards sustainable development

    Elias Ayuk;Antonio Pedro;Paul Ekins;Julius Gatune

  • Human health and safety in artisanal and small-scale mining: an integrated approach to risk mitigation

    Nicole M. Smith;Saleem Ali;Saleem Ali;Carmel Bofinger;Nina Collins

  • Earth Matters : Indigenous Peoples, the Extractive Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh;Saleem H. Ali

  • Sustainability of the Rare Earths Industry

    Benjamin C. McLellan;Benjamin C. McLellan;Glen Corder;Artem Golev;Saleem H. Ali

  • Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future

    Saleem H. Ali

  • Pollution and economic development: an empirical research review

    Saleem Ali;Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira

  • Energy diplomacy in South Asia: Beyond the security paradigm in accessing the TAPI pipeline project

    Mirza Sadaqat Huda;Saleem H. Ali

  • Mining, land restoration and sustainable development in isolated islands: An industrial ecology perspective on extractive transitions on Nauru.

    Martin J. Clifford;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Kazuyo Matsubae

  • Mapping industrial disaster recovery: Lessons from mining dam failures in Brazil

    Bruno Milanez;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira;Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira

  • The peril and promise of resource nationalism: A case analysis of Mongolia's mining development

    Misheelt Ganbold;Saleem H. Ali

  • Gemstone mining as a development cluster: A study of Brazil's emerald mines

    Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira;Saleem H. Ali

  • Have you been to ‘The Arctic’? Frame theory and the role of media coverage in shaping Arctic discourse

    Rebecca Pincus;Saleem H. Ali

  • Water Politics in South Asia: Transitioning from Technocratic cooperation to lasting security

    Saleem H Ali

  • Mineral supply challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic suggest need for international supply security mechanism

    Yongguang Zhu;Saleem H. Ali;Deyi Xu;Jinhua Cheng

  • Can Nighttime Light Data Be Used to Estimate Electric Power Consumption? New Evidence from Causal-Effect Inference

    Yongguang Zhu;Deyi Xu;Saleem H. Ali;Ruiyang Ma

  • A hybrid assessment model for mineral resource availability potentials

    Yongguang Zhu;Yongguang Zhu;Deyi Xu;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Jinhua Cheng

  • Responsible mining in Mongolia: enhancing positive engagement

    Isabel Cane;Ashlee Schleger;Saleem Ali;Denna Kemp

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira Fundação Getulio Vargas
Xianlai Zeng
Xianlai Zeng Tsinghua University
Graham Brown
Graham Brown University of Melbourne
Benjamin McLellan
Benjamin McLellan Kyoto University
Judith A. Kinnaird
Judith A. Kinnaird University of the Witwatersrand
Roland Oberhänsli
Roland Oberhänsli University of Potsdam
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University
Alex M. Lechner
Alex M. Lechner Monash University
Jinhui Li
Jinhui Li Tsinghua University

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