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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... Middle East as well as other regions of the world. No state can survive without access to life-supporting water. As a result of millennia-long cultural differences, the water problems in the Jordan River Basin are particularly complex ...
... Middle East as well as other regions of the world. No state can survive without access to life-supporting water. As a result of millennia-long cultural differences, the water problems in the Jordan River Basin are particularly complex ...
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... Middle East problematique is Who owns the rain? The title of this book Watershed more or less points to that crucial question. In this book, Stephen Lonergan and David Brooks present a thorough analysis of the current situation in the ...
... Middle East problematique is Who owns the rain? The title of this book Watershed more or less points to that crucial question. In this book, Stephen Lonergan and David Brooks present a thorough analysis of the current situation in the ...
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... Middle East; Egypt is in the same position on the Nile, and Syria and Iraq on the Euphrates. As Kolars (1990) points out, over half of the population in the Middle East and North Africa, outside the Maghreb, depend upon water from ...
... Middle East; Egypt is in the same position on the Nile, and Syria and Iraq on the Euphrates. As Kolars (1990) points out, over half of the population in the Middle East and North Africa, outside the Maghreb, depend upon water from ...
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... mid- 1970s, demand has outstripped supply. Population growth through natural ... middle term, and in the long term with water quantity and water quality ... East, however, these concerns rise almost to the point of becoming a fourth ...
... mid- 1970s, demand has outstripped supply. Population growth through natural ... middle term, and in the long term with water quantity and water quality ... East, however, these concerns rise almost to the point of becoming a fourth ...
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... Middle East. Until recently, almost all data on water in Israel were treated as state secrets, and it is still said that journalists must submit articles on water for review by military censors. Not long ago, a major university report ...
... Middle East. Until recently, almost all data on water in Israel were treated as state secrets, and it is still said that journalists must submit articles on water for review by military censors. Not long ago, a major university report ...
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