Format:
Online-Ressource (353 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780813547701
Content:
Israel and Palestine are water scarce. As the peace process continues amidst ongoing violence, water remains a political and environmental issue. Water Wisdom is model for those who believe that water conflict can be an opportunity for cooperation rather than violence. Thirty leading Palestinian and Israeli activists, water scientists, politicians, and others met to develop a future vision for the sustainable shared management of water resources. Their work explores the full range of scientific, political, social, and economic issues related to water use in the region; acknowledges are
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART 1; Water Resources: The Palestinian Perspective; Water Resourcesthe: The Israeli perspective; Editors' Summary; PART 2; The Oslo II Accords in Retrospect: Implementation; Article 40; Editors' Summary; PART 3; Water Culture in Palestine; Water Culture in Israel; Editors' Summary; PART 4; The Palestinian Legal Regimefor Water Quality Protection; Legal Framework for Allocationof Water and for Protection ofWater Quality in Israel; Editors' Summary; PART 5; Shared Groundwater Resources; The Mountain Aquifer
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Editors' SummaryPART 6; The Condition of Streams andProspects for Restoration inPalestine; Stream Restoration underConditions of Water Scarcity; Editors' Summary; PART 7; Drinking-Water Quality andStandards; Israeli Drinking-Water Resourcesand Supply; Editors' Summary; PART 8; Sewage Treatment in Gaza and theQuest to Upgrade Infrastructure; Wastewater Treatment andReuse in Israel; Editors' Summary; PART 9; Sustainable Water Supply forAgriculture in Palestine; Sustainable Water Supplyfor Agriculture in Israel; Editors' Summary; PART 10; The Coming Age of Desalinationfor Gaza
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Desalination in IsraelEditors' Summary; PART 11; Managing the Jordan RiverBasin; Managing the Jordan River Basinan israeli perspective; Editors' Summary; PART 12; The Gaza Water Crisis; Editors' Summary; PART 13; The Role of Civil Society inAddressing Transboundary Water; Editors' Summary; PART 14; The Role of Third Parties; Editors' Summary; PART 15; Joint Aquifer Management; Editors' Summary; Contributors; Index;
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Characterizing water resources -- Water resources: the Palestinian perspective / Amjad Aliewi -- Water resources: the Israeli perspective / Alon Tal -- Past water agreements and their implementation -- The Oslo II accords in retrospect: implementation of the water provisions in the Israeli and Palestinian interim peace agreements / Anan Jayousi -- Article 40: an Israeli retrospective / Dorit Kerret -- The water culture of Israelis and Palestinians -- Water culture in Palestine / Ziad Abdeen -- Water culture in Israel / Clive Lipchin -- Water legislation -- The Palestinian legal regime for water quality protection / Hiba I. Husseini -- Legal framework for allocation of water and for protection of water quality in Israel / Marcia Gelpe -- Groundwater management -- Shared groundwater resources: environmental hazards and technical solutions in Palestine / Karen Assaf -- The mountain aquifer: shared groundwater resources, environmental hazards, and technical solutions / Dror Avisar -- Stream restoration -- The condition of streams and prospects for restoration in Palestine / Nader El-Khateeb -- Stream restoration under conditions of water scarcity: insight from the Israeli experience / Avital Gasith and Yaron Hershkovitz -- Drinking-water standards -- Drinking water quality and standards: the Palestinian perspective / Alfred Abed Rabbo -- Israeli drinking-water resources and supply / Ramy Halperin -- Sewage treatment -- Sewage treatment in Gaza and the quest to upgrade infrastructure / Khalil Tubail -- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Israel / Yossi Inbar -- Agriculture and water -- Sustainable water supply for agriculture in Palestine / Said A. Assaf -- Sustainable water supply for agriculture in Israel / Alon Ben-gal -- Desalination -- The coming age of desalination for Gaza: visions, illusions, and reality / Nahed Ghbn -- Desalination in Israel: status, prospects, and contexts / Yaakov Garb -- The Jordan River Basin -- Managing the Jordan River Basin: a Palestinian perspective / Nancy Rumman -- Managing the Jordan River Basin: an Israeli perspective / Richard Laster and Dan Livney -- Gaza's water situation -- The Gaza water crisis / Yousef Abu-Mayla and Eilon M. Adar -- Citizen involvement -- The role of civil society in addressing transboundary water issues in the Israeli-Palestinian context / Iyad Aburdeineh ... [et al.] -- The role of third parties in conflict resolution -- The role of third parties in helping to resolve the conflicts over water issues ...
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813549774
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813547701
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Water Wisdom : Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East
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