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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... efficient future for all of us. Que n a-t-on fait pour s approprierl eau? Que n a-t-on inventé pour s excuser de l avoirfait? Quel crime n a-t-on commis pour n avoir pas à s en excuser? Quelle raison d état n a-t-on invoquée pour s en ...
... efficient future for all of us. Que n a-t-on fait pour s approprierl eau? Que n a-t-on inventé pour s excuser de l avoirfait? Quel crime n a-t-on commis pour n avoir pas à s en excuser? Quelle raison d état n a-t-on invoquée pour s en ...
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... efficient resolution of Israeli Palestinian water issues, no peace agreement can last for very long. Second, insofar as the Jordan River is concerned, Israel is a strong, downstream riparian. This is a common situation in the Middle ...
... efficient resolution of Israeli Palestinian water issues, no peace agreement can last for very long. Second, insofar as the Jordan River is concerned, Israel is a strong, downstream riparian. This is a common situation in the Middle ...
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... efficient in Israel than in Canada. Israel s annual fresh-water demand has recently approached 1 900 Mm3 (although it is much lower in drought years; Table 1). multiplying by 3 (more accurately by 2.74 = 1 000/365). At the extreme ...
... efficient in Israel than in Canada. Israel s annual fresh-water demand has recently approached 1 900 Mm3 (although it is much lower in drought years; Table 1). multiplying by 3 (more accurately by 2.74 = 1 000/365). At the extreme ...
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... efficiency (Hillel 1991; Gabbay 1992). Drought-enforced reductions in allocations to the agricultural sector are responsible for much of the drop in consumption since 1989. Despite these changes, absolute consumption remains high ...
... efficiency (Hillel 1991; Gabbay 1992). Drought-enforced reductions in allocations to the agricultural sector are responsible for much of the drop in consumption since 1989. Despite these changes, absolute consumption remains high ...
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... efficiencies of 80% or more. These plants would be deliberately designed to be relatively small 4Neither is it surprising that, prior to its evacuation, Iraq did its best to destroy Kuwait s six desalination plants during the Persian ...
... efficiencies of 80% or more. These plants would be deliberately designed to be relatively small 4Neither is it surprising that, prior to its evacuation, Iraq did its best to destroy Kuwait s six desalination plants during the Persian ...
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