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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 12
Page
... megaprojects to couple regions of high demand with those of ample water availability, and such projects involve either international effects on resources or international sources of capital or most commonly both. Consumption Most modern ...
... megaprojects to couple regions of high demand with those of ample water availability, and such projects involve either international effects on resources or international sources of capital or most commonly both. Consumption Most modern ...
Page
... megaproject fragility. The most common techniques for desalination involve either multistage flash distillation (repeated evaporation of the water until the salt content is greatly reduced) or reverse osmosis (forcing the water through ...
... megaproject fragility. The most common techniques for desalination involve either multistage flash distillation (repeated evaporation of the water until the salt content is greatly reduced) or reverse osmosis (forcing the water through ...
Page
... megaproject approach to problem-solving at a time when the world is short of capital and increasingly skeptical of megaprojects. Infrastructure, Management, and Planning As a result of the importance of fresh water, a great deal of ...
... megaproject approach to problem-solving at a time when the world is short of capital and increasingly skeptical of megaprojects. Infrastructure, Management, and Planning As a result of the importance of fresh water, a great deal of ...
Page
... megaproject. The gain was about 6 000 ha of fertile agricultural land and some 50 Mm3 of water per year. As well, breeding grounds for malaria-bearing mosquitoes were eliminated. However, a unique ecology was also destroyed (only ...
... megaproject. The gain was about 6 000 ha of fertile agricultural land and some 50 Mm3 of water per year. As well, breeding grounds for malaria-bearing mosquitoes were eliminated. However, a unique ecology was also destroyed (only ...
Page
... megaproject approach, in part for fear that they will get stuck with expensive sources of supply, and in part because it diverts attention from the inequitable distribution of existing supplies. One approach that is conceptually simple ...
... megaproject approach, in part for fear that they will get stuck with expensive sources of supply, and in part because it diverts attention from the inequitable distribution of existing supplies. One approach that is conceptually simple ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agreement agriculture allocation Arab areas Banias River Canal Chapter conflict conservation costs countries demand desalination discussed drinking water economic efficiency end-use energy Environment environmental flow fresh water Gaza Strip Golan Heights groundwater hydrological important increase industrial institutions irrigation Israel Israeli Palestinian Israeli water Israelis and Palestinians Jewish Jordan River Jordan River Basin Jordanian Lake Kinneret land Lebanon less Litani River megaproject Mekorot Middle East Mm3/year Mountain Aquifer multilateral municipal Naff National Water Carrier negotiations Occupied Palestinian Territories Occupied Territories options Palestine Peace Accord pipeline political population potential programs projects proposed pumping quantity rainfall recharge recycled water reduce region result riparian River water runoff saline sector settlements sewage shared sources surface water Syria Tahal wastewater water consumption water management water quality water resources water supply watercourse West Bank withdrawal World Bank Yarmouk River Zarour and Isaac