Water Resources in the Middle East

This book presents various approaches to the resolution of the severe water resource issues of the Middle East, with particular emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian water conflicts. The authors include leading Palestinian and Israeli water experts who have worked together on joint research projects aimed at building up mutual understanding and respect. The studies consider the various approaches that could be used to improve cooperation and solve the problems arising from conflicting interests.

Israeli-Palestinian Water Issues From Conflict To Cooperation This book Israeli-Palestinian Water Issues- From Conflict to Coope- tion authored by a group of leading Palestinian, Israeli and international water experts is a unique and timely document illustrating the imp- tance of mutual understanding, respect and amity among peoples d- ing a difficult period of stress, whose leaders, sadly, have not yet found the way of resolving the conflicts between them and of living in peace with each other. Nevertheless it is a book which demonstrates hope, - timism and belief that people with good will in their hearts can help contribute to finding the way to peace and mutual cooperation in so- ing shared problems essential for their mutual survival and welfare. nd The participants in the 2 Israeli- Palestinian International Conference on Water for Life in the Middle East held in Antalya Turkey in October 2004, which served as the source of most of the papers in this book concluded the Conference with the following declaration: We two hundred participants in this Israeli-Palestinian International Conference complete our conference with a sense of optimism. It is clear that the Palestinian and Israeli participants, along with their international partners remain committed to solving the many challenges associated with water quantity and quality in our region.

Aus den Rezensionen:

" Einige der wichtigsten israelischen, palästinensischen und internationalen Wasserexperten zeigen die unterschiedlichen Facetten der Wasserfrage in Israel und Palästina auf und verdeutlichen die Wichtigkeit gegenseitigen Verständnisses, Respekts und freundschaftlichen Umgangs zwischen zwei Völkern ... Der Großteil der Beiträge beschäftigt sich mit natur- und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Aspekten der israelisch-palästinensischen Wasserversorgung, das Buch enthält ... auch einige politische und völkerrechtliche Beiträge. Es stellt eine gute und umfassende Einführung in das Themenfeld 'Wasser in Nahost' dar ..." (in: ZPol - Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Juli 2008)

Autorentext

Professor HILLEL SHUVAL is Director of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Hadassah Academic College-Jerusalem and Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He served as initiator and co-chairman of the First and Second Israeli-Palestinian International Conferences on Water held in Zurich in 1992 and Antalya, Turkey, 2004.
Professor HASSAN DWEIK is a Professor of Polymer and Industrial Chemistry at the Al-Quds University in Jerusalem; he served as the co-Chairman of the Second Israeli-Palestinian International Conference on Water in Antalya in 2004. He is Executive Vice President at Al-Quds University. He has published many articles on environmental issues in Palestine, in particular on water pollution and solid waste management.

Klappentext

In Water Resources in the Middle East: Israel-Palestinian Water Issues - From Conflict to Cooperation leading Palestinian, Israeli and international water experts document the importance of mutual understanding, respect and amity among peoples during a difficult period of stress. This book demonstrates hope, optimism and the belief that people with good will can help contribute to peace and mutual cooperation in solving shared water problems essential for their mutual survival and welfare. The present water crisis facing the Middle East will become even more severe over the next twenty years, unless dealt with energetically and in good time. This situation requires urgent action by the countries of the region, the international community and civil society generally.
This book provides valuable source material for water scientists, engineers, political scientists, specialists in conflict resolution, environmentalists, economists, lawyers, administrators, managers and policy makers interested in understanding, developing, managing and protecting the scarce shared water resources of the Middle East and for the promotion of "Water for Life" for the benefit of all the nations of the region.

Inhalt
Geopolitical Israeli-Palestinian Water Issues.- Meeting Vital Human Needs: Equitable Resolution of Conflicts over Shared Water Resources of Israelis and Palestinians.- Shared Management of Palestinian and Israeli Groundwater Resources: A Critical Analysis.- Beyond the Watershed: Avoiding the Dangers of Hydro-Centricity and Informing Water Policy.- Politics and Water Management: A Palestinian Perspective.- Perceptions of Water in the Middle East: The Role of Religion, Politics and Technology in Concealing the Growing Water Scarcity.- The Karstic Flow System in Uja Area West Bank: An Example of two Separated Flow Systems in the Same Area.- Trans-boundary Regional Issues: Jordan River and Dead Sea.- Options for a More Sustainable Water Management in the Lower Jordan Valley.- A Water For Peace Strategy for the Jordan River Basin by Shifting Cropping Patterns.- A Future for the Dead Sea Basin: Water Culture among Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians.- Formulating A Regional Policy for the Future of the Dead Sea The 'Peace Conduit' Alternative.- Water Trade and Water Markets.- Water Management, Infrastructure, Negotiations and Cooperation: Use of the WAS Model.- 'Virtual Water' in the Water Resource Management of the Arid Middle East.- Virtual Water Trade as a Policy Instrument for Achieving Water Security in Palestine.- Water Conflicts and International Water Markets.- Water Imports in the Middle East.- Turkish Water Exports: A Model for Regional Cooperation in the Development of Water Resources.- Water Transfer from Turkey to Water-Stressed Countries in the Middle East.- Manavgat River Water: A Limited Alternative Water Resource for Domestic Use in the Middle East.- Socioeconomic Development and Benefit Sharing in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin.- WaterCo-operation and Conflict Resolution.- Why States Co-operate over Shared Water: The Water Negotiations in the Jordan River Basin.- Joint Mismanagement: Reappraising the Oslo Water Regime.- Violations, Opportunities and Power along the Jordan River: Security Studies Theory Applied to Water Conflict.- U.S. Sponsored Conflict Resolution Through Cooperation in the Water Sector.- Water Allocation for Nature and the 'End of Conflict' Era.- Allocating Gaps of Shared Water Resources (Scarcity Index): Case Study on Palestine-Israel.- Factors Relating to the Equitable Distribution of Water in Israel and Palestine.- Groundwater Management in a Cross Boundary Case: Application to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.- Feasibility Study for Cooperation in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Landfills for Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank.- Effects of the Separation Barrier on the Viability of a Future Palestinian State.- Water as a Human Right: Understanding of Water in the Arab Countries of the Middle East.- International Water Law.- Legal Framework of Groundwater Management in the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Territories).- Palestinian Water Authority: Developments and Challenges Legal Framework and Capacity.- Water Resource Management.- Water Demand Management as Governance: Lessons from the Middle East and South Africa.- Water Demand Management A Strategy to Deal with Water Scarcity: Israel as a Case Study.- Using Socio-economic Indicators for Integrated Water Resources Management: Case Study of Palestine.- Israeli Wa…