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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... 53 Infrastructure, management, and planning 59 Development and diffusion of irrigation technology 63 Municipal and domestic demand 67 Energy: the hidden input 69 Conclusion 70 This page intentionally left blank 103 2 κΆ μ μμ Contents.
... 53 Infrastructure, management, and planning 59 Development and diffusion of irrigation technology 63 Municipal and domestic demand 67 Energy: the hidden input 69 Conclusion 70 This page intentionally left blank 103 2 κΆ μ μμ Contents.
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... energy in the early 1970s: a subject of great concern and under study by a growing number of analysts, but as yet with no apparent agreement as to resolution or even for resolution. What is apparent, even at this time, is that Israeli A ...
... energy in the early 1970s: a subject of great concern and under study by a growing number of analysts, but as yet with no apparent agreement as to resolution or even for resolution. What is apparent, even at this time, is that Israeli A ...
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... energy, water suppliers are few and consumers are many, so data on consumption are typically measured at the point of dispatch, not at the point of use. One can almost never distinguish among end-users and end-uses below the level of ...
... energy, water suppliers are few and consumers are many, so data on consumption are typically measured at the point of dispatch, not at the point of use. One can almost never distinguish among end-users and end-uses below the level of ...
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... energy, can be measured at three points: at the point of withdrawal from a naturally occurring source, at the point of delivery to an end-user, and at the point where the water is incorporated into a product or a living organism ...
... energy, can be measured at three points: at the point of withdrawal from a naturally occurring source, at the point of delivery to an end-user, and at the point where the water is incorporated into a product or a living organism ...
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... energy overcome these tendencies populations tend to cluster, but farming systems provide high returns to both land and labour (but much lower returns to capital). These year-to-year variations in rainfall in the Middle East have ...
... energy overcome these tendencies populations tend to cluster, but farming systems provide high returns to both land and labour (but much lower returns to capital). These year-to-year variations in rainfall in the Middle East have ...
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