The Water Crisis in Yemen: Managing Extreme Water Scarcity in the Middle East

by Christopher Ward

Overview

Christopher Ward provides a complete analysis of the water crisis in Yemen, including the institutional, environmental, technical and political economy components. He assesses the social and economic impacts of the crisis and provides in-depth case studies in the key management areas. The final part of the book offers an assessment of current strategy and looks at future ways in which the people of the country and their government can influence outcomes and make the transition to a sustainable water economy. The Water Crisis in Yemen offers a comprehensive, practical, and effective approach to achieving sustainable and equitable management of water for growth in a country whose water problems are amongst the most serious in the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857738073
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/16/2014
Series:	International Library of Human Geography
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Christopher Ward is Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. He was formerly with the World Bank for twenty-four years, working largely in the field of natural resource management and rural development in the Middle East and Africa. He has lived in Yemen, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Somalia, as well as Kenya, Madagascar and the USA. He is currently a consultant to a number of international organizations, including the World Bank, DfID, the FAO, GTZ, and KfW.
Christopher Ward is a scholar on water and the environment with a particular interest in the Middle East. He studied at St John's College and St Antony's College, Oxford. After 25 years working at the World Bank, he joined the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of The Water Crisis in Yemen (2015) and of Water Scarcity, Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle East (2018). as well as of numerous studies and articles, most recently on water scarcity in Viet Nam and Indonesia, and of a monograph on desalination.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction

Part I : Yemen and its Water Resources

Part II : Uses and Misuses of Water in Yemen

Part III : Managing Yemen's Water Crisis

Part IV : The Water Agenda for a New Era

Notes
Bibliography
Index