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Water management in Islam / edited by Naser I. Faruqui, Asit K. Biswas, and Murad J. Bino. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Water resources management and policy series
- Water resources management and policy series Water management in Islam
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Middle East--Management.
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--Africa, North--Management.
- Water-supply--Islamic countries--Management.
- Water resources development--Government policy--Islamic countries.
- Water resources development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 149 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Foreword / Caroline Pestieau
- Introduction / Naser I. Faruqui
- Islamic sources / Naser I. Faruqui, Odeh Al-Jayyousi
- Islam and water management: overview and principles / Naser I. Faruqui
- Islamic water management and the Dublin statement / Odeh Al-Jayyousi
- Islam and the environment / Hussein A. Amery
- Water conservation through public awareness based on Islamic teachings in the Eastern Mediterranean region / Sadok Atallah, M.Z. Ali Khan, Mazen Malkawi
- Water conservation through community institutions in Pakistan: mosques and religious schools / S.M.S. Shah, M.A. Baig, A.A. Khan, H.F. Gabriel
- Water demand management in Saudi Arabia / Walid A. Abderrahman
- Sociocultural acceptability of wastewater reuse in Palestine / Nader Al Khateeb
- Water rights and water trade: an Islamic perspective / M.T. Kadouri, Y. Djebbar, M. Nehdi
- Ownership and transfer of water and land in Islam / Dante A. Caponera
- Water markets and pricing in Iran / Kazem Sadr
- Intersectoral water markets in the Middle East and North Africa / Naser I. Faruqui
- Management of shared waters: a comparison of international and Islamic law / Iyad Hussein, Odeh Al-Jayyousi.
- Notes:
- Based on the findings of the Workshop on Water Resources Management in the Islamic World, held in Amman, Jordan in Dec. 1998, organized by the International Development Research Centre.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-25325-1
- 9786611253257
- 1-4416-0909-1
- 92-808-7014-9
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