The Middle East Water Question
Hydropolitics and the Global Economy
Published on 30. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-1-86064-813-7 (ISBN)
Description
Is there enough water on this planet for a global population that will shortly double its present size? The answer is of huge importance for people everywhere, but particularly to the peoples and political leaders of the Middle East and North Africa. As well as explaining the particular issues of conflict in the region, Allan argues that the answer to these problems lies at the global rather than local level. The Middle East Water Question is a major book by one of the world's leading authorities on water issues.
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
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
603 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-813-7 (9781860648137)
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10/2012
1st Edition
I.B. Tauris
€36.49
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11/2001
1st Edition
I.B. Tauris
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Book
03/2001
I.B. Tauris
€133.92
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Person
Tony Allan is Professor of Geography at King's College, University of London and is the editor of Water, Peace and the Middle East (I.B.Tauris).
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.