Shared borders, shared waters : Israeli-Palestinian and Colorado River Basin water challenges / editors, Sharon B. Megdal, Robert G. Varady and Susanna Eden, the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Megdal, Sharon Bernstein, editor.

Varady, Robert G., editor.

Eden, Susanna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Israel--Management.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Arizona--Management.

Water resources development.

Integrated water development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2013].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of papers examines water management in two of the world's prominent, arid transboundary areas facing similar challenges. In the Middle East, the chronically water-short Israeli-Palestinian region has recognized the need both to conserve and supplement its traditional water sources. Across the globe on the North American continent, Arizona-a state in the southwestern United States bordering Mexico-relies significantly on the overallocated Colorado River, as well as on non-renewable groundwater supplies. For both regions, sustainable and cost-effective solutions clearly requir

Contents:

section 1. Water development : infrastructure and institutions

section 2. Political ad economic perspectives on water

section 3. Learning from comparison

section 4. Challenges, new and old : climate change and wastewater

section 5. Expanding water supplies : promising strategies and technologies.

Notes:

A Balkema book.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781135072490

1135072493

9780429211874

0429211872

9780203597682

0203597680

OCLC:

830851253