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Watershed [electronic resource] : the role of fresh water in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Stephen C. Lonergan and David B. Brooks.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lonergan, Stephen C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water resources development--Middle East.
- Water resources development.
- Water resources development--Jordan River Valley.
- Water-supply--Economic aspects--Middle East.
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--Political aspects--Middle East.
- Water use--Middle East.
- Water use.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa, Ont : International Development Research Centre, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Watershed describes the water crisis faced by Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories today ; a crisis that will have much to do with the design and the success of the current peace proposals. The authors examine the geopolitics of water in the region, the economic importance, problems of water supply and water quality, and regional conflicts over water.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART I ~ THE SETTING; Chapter 1 ~ Introduction: Image and Reality; Chapter 2 ~ Geography, Hydrology, and Climate; Chapter 3 ~ Water Supply and Demand; PART II ~ THREE CRISES; Chapter 4 ~ Water Quantity: The Economic Crisis; Chapter 5 ~ Water Quality: The Ecological Crisis; Chapter 6 ~ Distribution of Water: The Geopolitical Crisis; PART III ~ TOWARD RESOLUTION; Chapter 7 ~ Regional Options for Water Management; Chapter 8 ~ Water and Security in Israel; Chapter 9 ~ The Peace Accord and its Aftermath
- Chapter 10 ~ Palestinian Water Management in a Transitional PeriodChapter 11 ~ Maintaining the Momentum; Afterword ~ Water in the Jordan Israel Peace Treaty; Appendix 1 ~ Claims, Counterclaims, Fears, and Concerns: Fresh Water as a Regional Issue; Appendix 2 ~ Declarations, Documents, Rules, and Rhetoric: Fresh Water as a Global Issue; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; L; M; N; R; S; U; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-304) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-71751-3
- 9786610717514
- 1-55250-097-7
- OCLC:
- 52915943
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