Water Wisdom

Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8135-4771-8
Verlag: Rutgers University Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 532 g

Israel and Palestine are, by international criteria, water scarce. As the peace process continues amidst ongoing violence, water remains a political and environmental issue. Thirty leading Palestinian and Israeli activists, water scientists, politicians, and others met and worked together to develop a future vision for the sustainable shared management of water resources that is presented in Water Wisdom. Their essays explore the full range of scientific, political, social, and economic issues related to water use in the region; acknowledge areas of continuing controversy, from access rights to the Mountain Aquifer to utilisation of waters from the Jordan River; and identify areas of agreement, disagreement, and options for resolution. Water Wisdom is model for those who believe that water conflict can be an opportunity for cooperation rather than violence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tal, Alon

Abed Rabbo, Alfred

Über Autor(innen)

Alon Tal is a professor of environmental policy at Ben Gurion University in Israel and a visiting professor of law at Otago University in New Zealand. He is the founder of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and the Israel Union for Environmental Defense. His previous book is Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of Israel.