Water resources and conflict in the Middle East / Nurit Kliot.
1994
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Author
Title
Water resources and conflict in the Middle East / Nurit Kliot.
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
Call Number
JX4150 K689 1994
ISBN
0415097525 :
Description
xv, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)28853841
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-303) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of figures
List of maps
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Units and conversion factors
Introduction: Principles and Reality in Water Allocation of International Rivers
1
Planning and utilization of rivers
2
Water utilization in international rivers
4
The Middle East and North African setting of international rivers
12
1
The Geopolitics of the Monopolized Division of the Nile Waters
15
General - the international character of the Nile basin
15
The climate, hydrology and geomorphology of the Nile basin and their impact on the river's management
16
Patterns of utilization of the Nile waters
32
The Nile waters: supply and demand
51
The social and economic implications of water scarcity
73
The legal and geopolitical setting of the Nile basin
81
Conclusions: principles of water allocation in the Nile basin
95
2
The Geopolitics of Inequality: The Tigris-Euphrates Drainage Basin
100
General - the international character of the Euphrates and Tigris drainage basins
100
The climate, hydrology and geomorphology of the Tigris and Euphrates and their impact on the river's management
102
The patterns of utilization of the Tigris-Euphrates waters
116
Supply and demand for Tigris-Euphrates waters
123
The social and economic implications of water scarcity in the Tigris-Euphrates basin
151
The legal and geopolitical setting of the Tigris-Euphrates basin
161
Conclusions: principles for water allocation in the Tigris-Euphrates basin
164
3
The Jordan-Yarmuk Waters - A Conflict Over Scarce Water Resources
173
General
173
The climate, hydrology and geomorphology of the Jordan-Yarmuk basin and their impact on the river's management
175
Patterns of utilization of the Jordan-Yarmuk system
187
Water supply and demand for Jordan-Yarmuk waters
222
Social and economic features of the Jordan-Yarmuk states and their implications for Jordan-Yarmuk water utilization
250
The legal and geopolitical setting of the Jordan basin
255
Conclusions: principles for water allocation in the Jordan-Yarmuk basin
259
4
The Helsinki Rules and ILC Rules: Principles and Practice for Water Division in the Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates and the Jordan-Yarmuk - Concluding Remarks
265
The Helsinki and ILC Rules in the Nile basin
266
The Helsinki and ILC Rules in the Tigris-Euphrates basin
270
The Helsinki and ILC Rules in the Jordan-Yarmuk basin
272
The Helsinki and ILC Rules: concluding notes
275
Appendix A: Helsinki Rules on the Uses of the Waters of International Rivers
277
Appendix B: UN/ILC The Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses
288
References
292
Index
304