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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... Syrian and Jordanian interests are also treated on occasion. It is easy to agree with the authors of this highly interesting book that the peace process provides a real opportunity for recognition of the water entitlements of the ...
... Syrian and Jordanian interests are also treated on occasion. It is easy to agree with the authors of this highly interesting book that the peace process provides a real opportunity for recognition of the water entitlements of the ...
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... 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 rivers that cross an international boundary before reaching them ...
... 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 rivers that cross an international boundary before reaching them ...
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... Syria before the 1967 war, it is not Occupied Palestinian Territory. Where appropriate, we refer specifically to the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights, and we use Gaza Jericho to refer to land that came under Palestinian ...
... Syria before the 1967 war, it is not Occupied Palestinian Territory. Where appropriate, we refer specifically to the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights, and we use Gaza Jericho to refer to land that came under Palestinian ...
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... Syria, and Turkey; about equivalent to the countries of North Africa; and much better endowed than Jordan and countries of the Arabian peninsula (see Figure 2, which plots countries against a set of water-stress codes introduced by ...
... Syria, and Turkey; about equivalent to the countries of North Africa; and much better endowed than Jordan and countries of the Arabian peninsula (see Figure 2, which plots countries against a set of water-stress codes introduced by ...
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... of the Lower Jordan River. The Jordan River is conveniently divided into two reaches: an upper reach flowing from a number of springs in northern Israel, Syria, and Lebanon into Lake Kinneret; and a lower Varied geography and topography.
... of the Lower Jordan River. The Jordan River is conveniently divided into two reaches: an upper reach flowing from a number of springs in northern Israel, Syria, and Lebanon into Lake Kinneret; and a lower Varied geography and topography.
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