Rivers of fire : the conflict over water in the Middle East / Arnon Soffer ; translated by Murray Rosovesky and Nina Copaken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sofer, Arnon.

Standardized Title:

Neharot shel esh. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Middle East.

Water resources development.

Middle East.

Water-supply--Political aspects--Middle East.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Political aspects.

Water rights--Middle East.

Water rights.

Physical Description:

xiii, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [1999]

Summary:

In a never-ending battle to match population growth with food and energy production, the countries of the Middle East have been frenziedly developing water resources, including international rivers and groundwater, without considering their neighbors' needs as well. The inevitable result has been more frequent and increasingly bitter conflicts. At the same time, a halting Arab-Israeli peace process spurred by the collapse of the Soviet Union continues. Are we indeed entering a new era in a new Middle East? Do the region's leaders understand that reality has changed and that a transition is inevitable? Focusing on international rivers and ground water in the region, this timely study provides thoughtful -- if pessimistic -- answers to these questions. Encompassing all water sources in the Middle East, Arnon Soffer thoroughly explores the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Jordan, Orontes, and Litani Rivers, as well as international groundwater. He also weighs the implications of going to war over water and such unconventional solutions to the water shortage as desalination and importation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index.

ISBN:

0847685101

084768511X

OCLC:

39217662