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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... Demand Consumption Availability: principal sources 27 33 35 36 42 Availability: supplemental sources 45 Availability: higher technology options 53 Infrastructure, management, and planning 59 Development and diffusion of irrigation ...
... Demand Consumption Availability: principal sources 27 33 35 36 42 Availability: supplemental sources 45 Availability: higher technology options 53 Infrastructure, management, and planning 59 Development and diffusion of irrigation ...
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... demands and the huge water deficit that can be expected. This focus is even more remarkable as a substantial portion of the water Israel now uses especially the groundwater that is recharged from the West Bank is under dispute. A recent ...
... demands and the huge water deficit that can be expected. This focus is even more remarkable as a substantial portion of the water Israel now uses especially the groundwater that is recharged from the West Bank is under dispute. A recent ...
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... demand that is currently atypical of the region. There is hardly a country in the region, however, that is not experiencing alarming growth in its demand for water, and few are instituting significant conservation programs. Apart from ...
... demand that is currently atypical of the region. There is hardly a country in the region, however, that is not experiencing alarming growth in its demand for water, and few are instituting significant conservation programs. Apart from ...
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... demand. Since the mid- 1970s, demand has outstripped supply. Population growth through natural increases and in-migration continues to put pressure on the water system, and many proposals for economic expansion would, if implemented ...
... demand. Since the mid- 1970s, demand has outstripped supply. Population growth through natural increases and in-migration continues to put pressure on the water system, and many proposals for economic expansion would, if implemented ...
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... demand is discussed, as well as the infrastructure that has been developed to manage supply and demand in Israel and the Occupied Territories (Chapter 3). These preliminary chapters, which together with this chapter comprise Part I of ...
... demand is discussed, as well as the infrastructure that has been developed to manage supply and demand in Israel and the Occupied Territories (Chapter 3). These preliminary chapters, which together with this chapter comprise Part I of ...
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