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Rivers of Fire
The Conflict over Water in the Middle East
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1999
Summary
In a never-ending battle to match population growth with food and energy production, the countries of the Middle East have been frenziedly developing water resources, including international rivers and groundwate, without considering their neighbors' needs. The inevitable result has been more frequent and increasingly bitter conflicts. At the same time, a halting Arab-Israeli peace process spurred by the collapse of the Soviet Union continues. Are we indeed entering a new era in a new Middle East? Do the region's leaders understand that reality has changed and that a transition is inevitable? Focusing on international rivers and ground water in the region, this timely study provides thoughtful_if pessimistic_answers to these questions. Encompassing all water sources in the Middle East, Arnon Soffer thoroughly explores the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Jordan, Orontes, and Litani Rivers, as well as international groundwater. He also weighs the implications of going to war over water and such unconventional solutions to the water shortage as desalination and importation.
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Copyright year
1999
ISBN-Print
978-0-8476-8510-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4214-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
303
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Contents No access
List of Tables No access
List of Maps and Figures No access
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Hebrew Edition No access
Preface and Acknowledgments to the English Edition No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
1 International Rivers No access Pages 7 - 16
2 The Nile Basin No access Pages 17 - 72
3 Geopolitics of the Euphrates and Tigris Drainage Basin No access Pages 73 - 118
4 The Jordan-Yarmuk Basin: Conflict over Little Water No access Pages 119 - 204
5 The Orontes River as a Geopolitical Problem No access Pages 205 - 212
6 "Internationalized" Water Sources: The Litani River No access Pages 213 - 224
7 International Groundwater Conflicts in the Making No access Pages 225 - 234
8 Nonconventional Solutions to the Problem of Water Shortages in the Middle East No access Pages 235 - 260
Conclusion No access Pages 261 - 272
Appendix: Metric Conversion Table No access Pages 273 - 274
