Water and power : the politics of a scarce resource in the Jordan River basin /
Why do states in arid regions fail to co-operate in sharing water resources when co-operation would appear to be in their mutual interest? Through in-depth analysis of the history and current status of the dispute over the Jordan River basin, Miriam Lowi explores the answers to these critical questi...
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| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Introduction: conflict and cooperation in international river basins. The problem of cooperation. Cooperation in international river basins: an evaluation of realism and liberalism. Research design and methodology. Structure of the book -- 2. The environment of conflict in the Jordan basin. The physical environment. Israel. Kingdom of Jordan. The river system. Water balances. The human environment: population and settlement. National sentiment -- implications of the nature of population. Political environment: land and water in the Jordan basin until mid-century. The psychological environment: perceptions of the importance of water. The importance of water to Zionists/Israelis. The importance of water to Arabs: Palestinians and "East Bankers" -- 3. Riparian disputes compared. Euphrates River basin. Indus River basin. Nile River basin. Some comparisons -- 4. The Johnston mission to the Middle East (1953-1956). Round one. Round two. Round three. Round four. | |
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