The Middle East Water Question
Hydropolitics and the Global Economy
Published on 23. March 2001
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-86064-582-2 (ISBN)
Description
This text aims to remove much of the confusion surrounding the issue of water in the Middle East. It argues that it is at the global level that explanation is to be found on why economics operate as they do and why water policies are as they are.
Reviews / Votes
Water Resources Development: "likely to usher in a new generation of hydropolitical research" Geographical Journal: "challenges traditional basin and regional scale approaches to hydro-political analysis of North Africa and the Middle East(MENA)" "provides a more satisfying and, indeed, compelling approach to understanding MENA Water perceptions and policies." Contemporary Review: "This study, which should be required reading for any student of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, shows the complex and underlying factor behind the struggles over land: the need for water."More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-582-2 (9781860645822)
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10/2012
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Content
Part 1 MENA water resources, allocation, management and perception: water optimists and water pessimists - insiders and outsiders and an analytical framework; the resource - the supply. Part 2 Economic and environmental imperatives ignored - and why they are ignored: water is an economic resource - the economist's view; water is not an economic resource - the political economy of some MENA waters; water, development and the environment. Part 3 Water - international relations and law: water in regional and international relations; water law and international water law in the Middle East and North Africa. Part 4 The future: the future role of water in the Middle East and North African society.