Water security in the Middle East : essays in scientific and social cooperation /

Water Security in the Middle East argues that, while conflicts over transboundary water systems in the Middle East do occur, they tend not to be violent nor are they the primary cause of a war in this region. The contributors in this collection of essays place water disputes in larger political, his...

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Other authors / contributors: Cahan, Jean Axelrad (Editor)
Imprint: London : Anthem Press, 2017.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
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Series:Anthem water diplomacy series.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Water security in the Middle East: a role for the social sciences and humanities
  • chapter 1: Cooperation rules: insights on water and conflict from international relations
  • chapter 2: Water security in transboundary systems: cooperation in intractable conflicts and the Nile system
  • chapter 3: Water-demand management in the Arab Gulf states: implications for political stability
  • chapter 4: A watershed-based approach to mitigating transboundary wastewater conflicts between Israel and the Palestinian authority: the Besor-Hebron-Be'er Sheva watershed
  • chapter 5: The evolution of Israeli water management: the elusive search for environmental security
  • chapter 6: Adapting to climatic variability along international river basins in the Middle East
  • chapter 7: Water and politics in the Tigris-Euphrates basic: hope for negative learning?
  • chapter 8: The political and cultural dimensions of water diplomacy in the Middle East.