Without an amicable agreement between the countries of the Middle East to develop and use scarce water resources on an equitable basis, neither a lasting peace in the region nor long-term sustainable development will be possible.
| Title | Core and periphery : a comprehensive approach to Middle Eastern water |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Authors | Biswas, AK, Murakami, M, Kolars, J, Waterbury, J, Wolf, A |
| Secondary Title | Water resources management series |
| Volume | no. 5 |
| Pagination | xvii, 160 p. : fig., tab. |
| Date Published | 1997-01-01 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Place Published | Oxford, UK |
| ISBN Number | 0195640624 |
| Keywords | decision making, economic aspects, environment, middle east, planning, policies, sdiwrm, social aspects, water costs, water resources management |
| Abstract | Without an amicable agreement between the countries of the Middle East to develop and use scarce water resources on an equitable basis, neither a lasting peace in the region nor long-term sustainable development will be possible. The water issue has concurrent political, technical, economic and social dimensions. In order to examine these complex interrelationships, and to propose some possible solutions, a Middle East Water Commission was established in 1993 with leading international water experts as its members. This book, which analyses the complex inter-country water issues in the region, is the final report of this Commission. The book attempts to provide a region-wide review of water issues and technologies and to show how they can be welded sequentially into a long-term, integrated system to serve all the people of the region now and in the future. Part I, The Parameters of Water Project Development in the Middle East, takes a detailed look at the region?s climate, demography, economy, environment and water problems. Part II, Hydro-planning for Peace, outlines the progress made in hydro-diplomacy in the region by the Working Group on Water Resources begun in 1992; examines water-energy development alternatives for the Jordan River Watershed, considering both technical and political aspects of viability; suggests a unified approach to regional water planning and water and energy development alternatives from the Mediterranean and Red Seas to the Jordan Rift Valley including two additional core projects: the Mediterranean-Dead Sea conduit scheme and the Aqaba sea water pumped-storage scheme; and, finally, examines the augmentation of core water supplies with additions from the periphery. The book ends with a note of muted optimism in the light of the progress of negotiations, the active discussion of new approaches to water acquisition and equitable sharing, and the study and implementation of technological solutions to the growing water shortage. |
| Notes | Bibliography: p. 145-154. - Includes subject index |
| Custom 1 | 210 |
