This book examines the water issue in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and peace process. While the water dispute between Israelis and Palestinians seldom grabs newspaper headlines like the issues of Jerusalem or Jewish settlements, no permanent peace accord can be achieved betw…
"The books examines the Palestinian-Israeli water conflict and water negotiations in the peace process from a variety of disciplines and includes information gathered from over sixty interviews with leading and knowledgeable Israeli and Palestinian Authority government officials…
Focuses on the value of water in the west, with brief overview of the history of dams and wild life, the law and water allocation for both use and waste, and ways to modernize water management.
This book provides a comparative perspective on water management and federalism across multiple countries. Through a collection of case studies, this book explores the water management experiences and lessons learned in nine federal countries and China. The territorial division …
This book provides an overview of facts, theories and methods from hydrology, geology, geophysics, law, ethics, economics, ecology, engineering, sociology, diplomacy and many other disciplines with relevance for concepts and practice of water resources management. It provides co…
"Water exploitation has increased notably in the world during the last 250 years since the onset of industrialisation. The relationships between economic processes and water use are complex and include many interwoven drivers such as: technological development, dietary choices a…
Lake eutrophication and rehabilitation -- Regime shift in lake eutrophication -- Role of coastal aquifers in water and food security -- Comprehensive Everglades restoration plan (CERP) -- Mangrove current status and future trends -- Tsunami : Sendai disaster risk reduction -- In…
"New institutions don't come into being by themselves: They have to be organized. On the basis of research from a decade-long, multi-site study of efforts to transform freshwater management in Brazil, Practical Authority asks how new institutional arrangements established by law…
