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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... sectors: domestic, including municipal; agricultural; and industrial. Then, too, there is a problem with complementarity, as each country typically has its own set of data and is unwilling to accept the often conflicting data from ...
... sectors: domestic, including municipal; agricultural; and industrial. Then, too, there is a problem with complementarity, as each country typically has its own set of data and is unwilling to accept the often conflicting data from ...
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... sector (Chapter 10). Chapter 11 recommends steps that could be taken in the shorter term to improve water management in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and, we believe, to enhance prospects for peace between Israelis and ...
... sector (Chapter 10). Chapter 11 recommends steps that could be taken in the shorter term to improve water management in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and, we believe, to enhance prospects for peace between Israelis and ...
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... sector for the years 1958 91 is depicted in Table 1 and Figure 9. Broad comparisons to Canada (a water-rich country by any standard) and to Jordan (a water-poor country) are presented in Table 2. As these tables show, the most glaring ...
... sector for the years 1958 91 is depicted in Table 1 and Figure 9. Broad comparisons to Canada (a water-rich country by any standard) and to Jordan (a water-poor country) are presented in Table 2. As these tables show, the most glaring ...
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... sector from 1958 to 1991. Source: Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics (1985, 1988, 1992). 100 L/person-day (36.5 m3/year) generally regarded as the minimum for an adequate quality of life.1 (As will be discussed, this is not the case ...
... sector from 1958 to 1991. Source: Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics (1985, 1988, 1992). 100 L/person-day (36.5 m3/year) generally regarded as the minimum for an adequate quality of life.1 (As will be discussed, this is not the case ...
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... sector, and the dominant use is irrigation, which takes approximately 1 200 Mm3 of sweet and recycled water every year (just over 70% of total consumption if saline water is included; just under if it is not). Domestic and municipal ...
... sector, and the dominant use is irrigation, which takes approximately 1 200 Mm3 of sweet and recycled water every year (just over 70% of total consumption if saline water is included; just under if it is not). Domestic and municipal ...
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