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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... Litani River The current negotiations Data quality and data availability PART III ~ TOWARD RESOLUTION Chapter 7 ~ Regional Options for Water Management 151 International law of shared water resources 152 Management plans in the Jordan River ...
... Litani River The current negotiations Data quality and data availability PART III ~ TOWARD RESOLUTION Chapter 7 ~ Regional Options for Water Management 151 International law of shared water resources 152 Management plans in the Jordan River ...
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... River, the lower Litani River in Lebanon, and the lower reaches of the Yarmouk River. These boundaries were initially drawn up by Aaron Aaronsohn, the head of an agricultural experiment station on the Mediterranean coast, and were based ...
... River, the lower Litani River in Lebanon, and the lower reaches of the Yarmouk River. These boundaries were initially drawn up by Aaron Aaronsohn, the head of an agricultural experiment station on the Mediterranean coast, and were based ...
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... River via a tunnel into the Litani; the second involved construction of a canal to divert both the Hasbani and the Banias rivers into the Yarmouk River for irrigation in both Syria and Jordan (Figure 11) (Doherty 1965). What makes the ...
... River via a tunnel into the Litani; the second involved construction of a canal to divert both the Hasbani and the Banias rivers into the Yarmouk River for irrigation in both Syria and Jordan (Figure 11) (Doherty 1965). What makes the ...
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... Litani HasbaniR LEBANON Litani R Watershed Water Conveyance Proposed Existing Damascus Proposed Arab Diversions SYRIA ISRAEL GOLAN HEIGHTS Jordan R. Watershed Lake Kinneret ( Galilee ) JORDAN N Figure 11. The Litani River watershed and ...
... Litani HasbaniR LEBANON Litani R Watershed Water Conveyance Proposed Existing Damascus Proposed Arab Diversions SYRIA ISRAEL GOLAN HEIGHTS Jordan R. Watershed Lake Kinneret ( Galilee ) JORDAN N Figure 11. The Litani River watershed and ...
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... Litani River Although not connected to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israel s incursion into Lebanon and the establishment of the Security Zone in the early 1980s allows it access to the lower reaches of the Litani River (which ...
... Litani River Although not connected to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israel s incursion into Lebanon and the establishment of the Security Zone in the early 1980s allows it access to the lower reaches of the Litani River (which ...
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agreement agriculture allocation Arab areas Banias River Canal Chapter conflict conservation costs countries demand desalination discussed drinking water economic efficiency end-use energy Environment environmental flow fresh water Gaza Strip Golan Heights groundwater hydrological important increase industrial institutions irrigation Israel Israeli Palestinian Israeli water Israelis and Palestinians Jewish Jordan River Jordan River Basin Jordanian Lake Kinneret land Lebanon less Litani River megaproject Mekorot Middle East Mm3/year Mountain Aquifer multilateral municipal Naff National Water Carrier negotiations Occupied Palestinian Territories Occupied Territories options Palestine Peace Accord pipeline political population potential programs projects proposed pumping quantity rainfall recharge recycled water reduce region result riparian River water runoff saline sector settlements sewage shared sources surface water Syria Tahal wastewater water consumption water management water quality water resources water supply watercourse West Bank withdrawal World Bank Yarmouk River Zarour and Isaac