Rivers of Discord: International Water Disputes in the Middle EastHurst, 1997 - 183 Seiten Intensifying competition for scarce water resources, the result of rapid population growth and the drive for economic development, has added to the precarious politics of the Middle East and has the potential to generate tension and even armed conflict. Rivers of Contention provides an historical perspective on these complex issues and chronicles the present state of Middle Eastern water disputes. |
Inhalt
Disputing the Waters up to June 1967 | 13 |
The West Bank aquifers | 20 |
The Syrian and Lebanese tracks | 38 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Rivers of Discord: International Water Disputes in the Middle East Greg Shapland Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1997 |
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1959 Agreement abstractions agriculture annual aquifer Arab Aswan Aswan Dam Atatürk Dam average Banias Blue Nile boundaries Canal consumption cooperation countries cubic metres desalination domestic downstream economic Egypt Egypt and Sudan Egyptian electricity Ethiopia Euphrates evaporation Gaza Strip ground-water hectares High Dam hydro-power important increase Iraq Iraq's Iraqi irrigation irrigation water Israel Israeli Jordan basin Jordanian June Khabur Lake Assad Lake Nasser Lake Tiberias land Lebanon less Litani major Middle East Middle Eastern Moreover negotiations neighbours Nile basin Nile water Orontes Palestinians peace process plans political rainfall reduce region reservoirs return flows riparians salinity Saudi schemes sector shared river sources of water Sudan Sudanese supply of water Syria Syria and Iraq territory Tigris treaty tributaries Turkey Turkey and Syria Turkey's Turkish upstream volume of water waste-water water available water disputes water resources water supply West Bank White Nile Yarmuk
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