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The Iraqi marshlands : a human and environmental study / edited by Emma Nicholson and Peter Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorities--Iraq.
- Minorities.
- Marshes--Iraq.
- Marshes.
- Tigris-Euphrates delta (Iraq and Iran).
- Iraq.
- Local Subjects:
- Tigris-Euphrates delta (Iraq and Iran).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Politico's Pub : AMAR International Charitable Foundation, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1 Getting Help Where it is Needed / Harold Briley 3
- The People
- 2 Demography of the Marsh Arabs / Ernestina Coast 19
- 3 The Economy of the Iraq Marshes in the 1990s / Alexander Tkachenko 36
- 4 Assault on the Marshlands / Christopher Mithcell 64
- 5 Educational Needs and Provisions for Iraqi Refugees in Iran / G. Ali Afrooz 101
- 6 Health in the Marshes and in the Refugee Camps / M. T. Cheraghchi-Bashi, H. Salman-Manesh 115
- The Place
- 7 The Deltaic Complex of the Lower Mesopotamian Plain and its Evolution through Millennia / Paul Sanlaville 133
- 8 Monitoring Marshland Degradation using Multispectral Remote Sensed Imagery / James Brasington 151
- 9 The Marshes of Southern Iraq: A Hydro-engineering and Political Profile / T. Naff, G. Hanna 169
- 10 The Ecosystem / M. I. Evans 201
- The Problems
- 11 The Marsh Dwellers in the History of Modern Iraq / Peter Sluglett 223
- 12 The International Context of Iraq from 1980 to the Present / Peter Sluglett 240
- 13 Statistical Outline of the Situation of the South Iraqi Refugees in Iran, including the Marsh Dwellers / Jerome Le Roy 263
- 14 The Liability of the Regime for the Human Rights Violations in the Marshlands of Southern Iraq / Adel Omar Sherif 268
- 15 Water Rights and International Law / Joseph W. Dellapenna 286
- The Personal
- 16 A Personal Testimony / Amir Hayder 307
- The Prospects
- 17 The Southern Iraq Marshlands Project: What it Means / Emma Nicholson 317
- Appendix The Survey Questionnaire 321.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1842750429
- OCLC:
- 49874123
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