Integrated Water Resources Management and Security in the Middle East [Hardcover]

This volume brings together diverse voices relating to the critical issue of water management in one of the worlds most politically volatile areas: the Middle East. The book collects the opinions of Palestinians, Israelis, Jordanians as well as international experts on creating a holistic and comprehensive view of water management challenges and strategies in the Middle East.

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Integrated Water Resources Management in the Middle East, held in Kibbutz Kera, Israel, 6-17 February 2006

Integrated Water Resources Management and Security in the Middle East brings together diverse voices relating to the critical issue of water management in one of the worlds most politically volatile areas: the Middle East. The book brings together Palestinian, Israeli, Jordanian and international expert opinions on creating a holistic and comprehensive view of water management challenges and strategies in an area of conflict and resource scarcity.

The book takes security studies to the next level beyond military preparedness to address the security implications of the most fundamental of resources, that of water. Indeed, the book delves deeply into the underlying ideological underpinnings of various water regimes and possible opportunities for new decision-making models and regional cooperation.

This book serves an important place in the scholarly literature on this topic for its breadth of participants and perspectives and its concrete steps forward. It moves the academic discourse beyond pointing fingers and toward constructive solutions and dialogue.

Introduction; E. Pallant et al.- Retelling the Story of Water in the Middle East: Reflections about a Conversation at the Dead Sea; S. Schoenfeld et al.- 1. Section 1 Water Resources in the Middle East.- Fresh Water in the Middle East and North Africa: Soruce of Conflict/Base for Cooperation; D. Brooks.- Water and Sl3$