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Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley : Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan / by Jeroen Kool.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kool, Jeroen., Author.
- Series:
- Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, 1865-5793 ; 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Development economics.
- Environmental management.
- Sustainable development.
- Nature conservation.
- Cultural property.
- Tourism.
- Management.
- Development Economics.
- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
- Sustainable Development.
- Nature Conservation.
- Cultural Heritage.
- Tourism Management.
- Local Subjects:
- Development Economics.
- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
- Sustainable Development.
- Nature Conservation.
- Cultural Heritage.
- Tourism Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XLII, 239 p. 181 illus., 179 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2016.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book summarizes the NGO Master Plan that provides a comprehensive program to rehabilitate the Lower Jordan River and its tributaries in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. It is a regional and civil society effort designed to promote the restoration of the valley’s environmental and ecological values within a realistic financial and economic framework. The plan identifies 127 specific regional and national "interventions"(projects) until the year 2050, based on seven strategic planning objectives: pollution control, sustainable water management and river rehabilitation, sustainable agriculture, Jordan River basin governance, ecological rehabilitation, sustainable tourism and cultural heritage development, and urban and infrastructure development. The total investment value is 4.58 billion USD, the plan ranks the interventions and identifies their feasibility in a short, medium and long term investment cycles considering the political environment.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Jordan Valley
- Projections And Objectives
- Meeting The Strategic Planning Objectives
- The Year 2050
- Final Conclusions And Recommendations
- Colophon. .
- Notes:
- CC BY
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783319300368
- 3319300369
- OCLC:
- 1066196581
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