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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... withdrawal and their effects on water security was withdrawn from circulation (even review copies had to be returned) and then frozen. (This report was subsequently leaked to the press and is discussed further in Chapter 8 ...
... withdrawal and their effects on water security was withdrawn from circulation (even review copies had to be returned) and then frozen. (This report was subsequently leaked to the press and is discussed further in Chapter 8 ...
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... consumption is an ambiguous term. It can refer to withdrawals from natural waterways, be they on the surface or underground. Much of the water so withdrawn, however, simply runs off fields or through industrial plants and back.
... consumption is an ambiguous term. It can refer to withdrawals from natural waterways, be they on the surface or underground. Much of the water so withdrawn, however, simply runs off fields or through industrial plants and back.
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... 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. Depending upon the specific topic under discussion (and all too ...
... 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. Depending upon the specific topic under discussion (and all too ...
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... withdrawal without mining the aquifer. Assume now that the rocks in the aquifer have a porosity of 5% (that is, water makes up 5% of the volume of the geological formation ) . The geological formation would then have to.
... withdrawal without mining the aquifer. Assume now that the rocks in the aquifer have a porosity of 5% (that is, water makes up 5% of the volume of the geological formation ) . The geological formation would then have to.
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... withdrawals in Israel are only about 25%, and in Jordan only about 17%, of those in the United States or Canada. Nevertheless, all of the countries in the region are using much more water than they need to, and enormous potential exists ...
... withdrawals in Israel are only about 25%, and in Jordan only about 17%, of those in the United States or Canada. Nevertheless, all of the countries in the region are using much more water than they need to, and enormous potential exists ...
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