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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... region such as the Jordan River Basin, the conventional question of How much water do we need and where do we get it ... regional but also sectoral tensions over water have become very public. This book reviews what the authors term the ...
... region such as the Jordan River Basin, the conventional question of How much water do we need and where do we get it ... regional but also sectoral tensions over water have become very public. This book reviews what the authors term the ...
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... region starts the drama that leads to the Exodus story. More recently, the challenge to make the desert bloom brought Jewish settlers into what was first a Turkish colony and then a British protectorate. Later projects, such as the ...
... region starts the drama that leads to the Exodus story. More recently, the challenge to make the desert bloom brought Jewish settlers into what was first a Turkish colony and then a British protectorate. Later projects, such as the ...
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... region experienced a severe drought throughout the latter half of the 1980s, and continuing into the 1990s. Water reservoirs in Israel fell to historic low levels and, for almost the first time in recent history, restrictions on water ...
... region experienced a severe drought throughout the latter half of the 1980s, and continuing into the 1990s. Water reservoirs in Israel fell to historic low levels and, for almost the first time in recent history, restrictions on water ...
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... region with some of the natural and constructed watercourses superimposed, shows how difficult it would be under the best of circumstances to separate domestic from international water issues. Thus, it is a gross error to discuss Israel ...
... region with some of the natural and constructed watercourses superimposed, shows how difficult it would be under the best of circumstances to separate domestic from international water issues. Thus, it is a gross error to discuss Israel ...
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... 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 the impact of Israel s military occupation ...
... 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 the impact of Israel s military occupation ...
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