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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... sources 27 33 35 36 42 Availability: supplemental sources 45 Availability: higher technology options 53 Infrastructure, management, and planning 59 Development and diffusion of irrigation technology 63 Municipal and domestic demand 67 ...
... sources 27 33 35 36 42 Availability: supplemental sources 45 Availability: higher technology options 53 Infrastructure, management, and planning 59 Development and diffusion of irrigation technology 63 Municipal and domestic demand 67 ...
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... sources of drinking water and that municipalities should improve their sewer systems or industries their wastewater flows. Palestinians living under Israeli occupation did not need a drought to become aware of water shortages. As will ...
... sources of drinking water and that municipalities should improve their sewer systems or industries their wastewater flows. Palestinians living under Israeli occupation did not need a drought to become aware of water shortages. As will ...
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... sources are common to, contained within, or underlie the Occupied Palestinian Territories. International Aspects ... source of much criticism both within and outside the country. Elmusa (1993a) finds that about half of the issues in what ...
... sources are common to, contained within, or underlie the Occupied Palestinian Territories. International Aspects ... source of much criticism both within and outside the country. Elmusa (1993a) finds that about half of the issues in what ...
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... 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. Depending upon the specific topic under discussion (and all too often on the availability of ...
... 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. Depending upon the specific topic under discussion (and all too often on the availability of ...
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... sources. The effect on agriculture of the north-to-south variation in rainfall is magnified by increasing differences between precipitation and evapotranspiration, particularly during the summer months. As shown in Figure 4, in the ...
... sources. The effect on agriculture of the north-to-south variation in rainfall is magnified by increasing differences between precipitation and evapotranspiration, particularly during the summer months. As shown in Figure 4, in the ...
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