Water, Peace and the Middle East: Negotiating Resources in the Jordan Basin

by J. A. Allan

Overview

Water is a key issue on the agenda of peace between Israel and its Arab neighbours. The circumstances in which Gaza gained its autonomy leaves it in a disadvantageous position with respect to water, and a deal on the hotly contested issue of the West Bank aquifers will be a protracted process.

This book brings together the work of individuals involved directly in the negotiations and experts from various disciplines who have devoted their professional lives to the study of water and its management in the Jordan Basin. It looks at the issue from many different perspectives, offers new ideas and presents a realistic picture for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860640551
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/31/1996
Series:	Library of Modern Middle East Studies , #9
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction and regional background; water and the Jordan riparians - new approaches in the 1990s; the regional and international context.

Editorial Reviews

Chapters based on a 1995 conference include scientific contributions from Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian specialists. They discuss topics such as Palestinian management options and challenges within an environment of scarcity and power imbalance; the case of water in Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza, 1947-1995; peace and the politics of water in Jordan; and application of multi-criteria decision aid to rank the Jordan-Yarmouk basin co-riparians according to the Helsinki and ILC rules. Distributed in the US by St. Martins Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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