Watershed: The Role of Fresh Water in the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictIDRC, 2014 M05 14 - 310 pages Watershed describes the water crisis faced by Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories today; a crisis that will have much to do with the design and the success of the current peace proposals. The authors examine the geopolitics of water in the region, the economic importance, problems of water supply and water quality, and regional conflicts over water. |
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... Kolars (1990) points out, over half of the population in the Middle East and North Africa, outside the Maghreb, depend upon water from rivers that cross an international boundary before reaching them, or they use desalinated water or ...
... Kolars (1990) points out, over half of the population in the Middle East and North Africa, outside the Maghreb, depend upon water from rivers that cross an international boundary before reaching them, or they use desalinated water or ...
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... Kolars (1990, p. 57) states: sharing of scarce water supplies is the single most important problem facing Middle Eastern populations. Kolars implies what others have stated flatly (such as Starr and Stoll 1988; Naff 1990; Bulloch and ...
... Kolars (1990, p. 57) states: sharing of scarce water supplies is the single most important problem facing Middle Eastern populations. Kolars implies what others have stated flatly (such as Starr and Stoll 1988; Naff 1990; Bulloch and ...
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... Kolars 1992; Starr 1992a; Bakour and Kolars 1994). that All data used in this report are referenced, and every attempt has been made to check the reliability of rumours seem to pervade the literature on water in the Middle East. The ...
... Kolars 1992; Starr 1992a; Bakour and Kolars 1994). that All data used in this report are referenced, and every attempt has been made to check the reliability of rumours seem to pervade the literature on water in the Middle East. The ...
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... Kolars (1994) indicate that the entire region within which Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories lie (sometimes called the Mashrek) is a transition zone. To the north, the land receives more rainfall; to the south, even less ...
... Kolars (1994) indicate that the entire region within which Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories lie (sometimes called the Mashrek) is a transition zone. To the north, the land receives more rainfall; to the south, even less ...
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... / big dams wholesale irrigation desalination , air conditioning Figure 5. General characteristics of development in the Arab Mashrek ( source : Bakour and Kolars 1994 ) . Tel Aviv Jaffa Samarian Mountains WEST BANK erusalem Ja vepor.
... / big dams wholesale irrigation desalination , air conditioning Figure 5. General characteristics of development in the Arab Mashrek ( source : Bakour and Kolars 1994 ) . Tel Aviv Jaffa Samarian Mountains WEST BANK erusalem Ja vepor.
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