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Rivers of Fire
The Conflict over Water in the Middle East
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About this book
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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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Table of Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments to the Hebrew Edition
- Preface and Acknowledgments to the English Edition
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - International Rivers
- Chapter 2 - The Nile Basin
- Chapter 3 - Geopolitics of the Euphrates and Tigris Drainage Basin
- Chapter 4 - The Jordan-Yarmuk Basin: Conflict over Little Water
- Chapter 5 - The Orontes River as a Geopolitical Problem
- Chapter 6 - “Internationalized” Water Sources: The Litani River
- Chapter 7 - International Groundwater Conflicts in the Making
- Chapter 8 - Nonconventional Solutions to the Problem of Water Shortages in the Middle East
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Metric Conversion Table
- References
- Index
- About the Author
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