At the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War some 70,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the conflict entered Jordan. Among them included 4,000 refugee, who, in 1951, would settle in a 0.24 kilometer (0.15 mile) area in Irbid. Irbid, a small town which had mainly consisted of a trade an…
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Icebergs are melting in the Arctic. The Gulf of Mexico is warming and producing hurricanes such as Katrina. The delta of the southern United States is drying. And, Yemen will be the first country in modern history to experience a lack of accessible ground water, as soon as 2017 …
This collection explores various aspects of Indonesian culture. From remote government settlements off the coast of Sumatra to the urbanized and commercial beaches of Bali, these stories take a look at the complexities, differences and adjustments felt by people of both the East…
Southern California's urbanization was accomplished through the technologically-aided harvesting of faraway water sources. Today this is too expensive, environmentally damaging, and politically unpopular. Southern California utilities have begun shifting to a strategy of conserv…
Diarrheal diseases are still a leading cause of child mortality in less developed countries. In the past three decades, in an effort to reduce the transmission of diarrheal diseases, millions of tubewells have been installed as a way to provide safe drinking water in Bangladesh.…
This dissertation consists of three essays that examine product differentiation with new technology and allocation of water. The first article present a theoretical model that analyzes the effect of the introduction of functional food produced with new technology. I model consum…
This study explores the historical evolution of the water situation in Palestine at a local level in the West Bank village of Zababdeh. The thesis examines Palestine's geography and the historical relationship of Zababdeh's people with this environment. A sudden shift in this re…
Water is a vital resource for life. Environmental lawyer Stephen C. McCaffery identifies "two ominous phenomena relating to fresh water: increased water usage and increased global population numbers." This combined increase in population and water scarcity has been labeled as a …
The water supply system at Caesarea Maritima, an ancient city located on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, comprised wells, cisterns, and a series of aqueducts dating from the first century B.C.E. to the thirteenth century C.E. An outstanding feature of Caesarea's system is the…
This thesis presents observations from the Bosphorus (Strait of Istanbul), Turkey, made to study the effects of mixing, entrainment and frictionally induced shear on the dynamics of an exchange flow. The well known two-layer structure with an upper layer of brackish Black Sea wa…
Conflicts between ethnoregional groups in post-colonial states have very high economic and political costs. In Pakistan, bickering among the provinces over the distribution of the waters of the Indus river system has been particularly costly. Numerous committees attempted to set…
The most critical factor for freshwater aquaculture in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, is water quality. Most of the waters available for aquaculture are coloured, brownish to black, due to high concentrations of metals associated with humic substances. To determine whether these wa…
Using WOCE WHP CTD and ADCP sections in Indian Ocean from 1995 and ARLINDO 1994 CTD data within the Timor Sea, the throughflow component of the SEC transport is investigated. Throughflow water is well represented by its nearly homogenous low salinity feature within the SEC therm…
This dissertation examines why states in some water scarce regions of the world are able to cooperate over shared fresh water resources while states in other such regions are continually entangled in political tension and violent conflict. My analysis is based on empirical mater…
By the 1950s, big dams had become the leading technology for water resources development in the world. Today, opposition erupts against virtually every big darn project proposed or under construction. And since the 1970s—despite being promoted by a range of transnationally allie…
It is increasingly important to identify the nature of the interfacial water in biology in order to explain how biological functions and systems work. It is not simply a matter of which biomolecules are present in a cell, but also of how these biomolecules interact with one anot…
Solid state fermentation and solid state bioprocessing have been recognised for their unique features. However, there are several unsolved challenges which have prevented their widespread adoptions. In order to address these challenges, an investigation has been conducted, aimin…
Excessive delivery of fine sediment from agricultural river catchments to aquatic ecosystems can degrade chemical water quality and ecological habitats. Management of accelerated soil losses and the transmission of sediment-associated agricultural pollutants, such as phosphorus,…
This research explores the role of co-learning in addressing water issues, being both context sensitive and responsive to the needs, lived experiences and symbolic representations of people at the local level in the case of the West Bank. Water is essential to the wellbeing of a…