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Analyses and assesses the impact of scarce water resources in the Jordan River basin countries and territories

Table of Contents

• Foreword (Tony Allan, University of London)
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Water, Geography, and Peace in the Middle East: An Introduction (Hussein A. Amery and Aaron T. Wolf)
• 2. Conflict, Coexistence, and Cooperation: A Study of Water Use in the Jordan Basin (Peter Beaumont, University of Wales)
• 3. Forces of Change and the Conflict over Water in the Jordan River Basin (Steve Lonergan, University of Victoria)
• 4. "Hydrostrategic" Territory in the Jordan Basin: Water, War, and Arab-Israeli Peace Negotiations (Aaron T. Wolf, Oregon State University)
• 5. A Popular Theory of Water Diversion from Lebanon: Toward Public Participation for Peace (Hussein A. Amery, Colorado School of Mines)
• 6. The Water Dimension of Golan Heights Negotiations (Frederic C. Hof, Armitage Associates, L.C.)
• 7. Water Security for the Jordan River States: Performance Criteria and Uncertainty (Paul A. Kay and Bruce Mitchell, University of Waterloo)
• 8. A Cooperative Framework for Sharing Scarce Water Resources: Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority (Nurit N. Kliot, University of Haifa)
• 9. Political Controls of River Waters and Abstractions between Various States within the Middle East: Laws and Operations, with Special Reference to the Jordan Basin (Gwyn Rowley, University of Sheffield)
• 10. The Spatial Attributes of Water Negotiation: The Need for a River Ethic and River Advocacy in the Middle East (John Kolars, University of Michigan [emeritus])
• Appendix 1. Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty, 26 October 1994, Article 6: Water
• Appendix 2. The Israel-PLO Interim Agreement, 28 September 1995, Annex III, Article 40: Water and Sewage
• Glossary
• Author Biographies
• Index

About the Author

Hussein A. Amery is a professor of water politics and policy at Colorado School of Mines.

Aaron T. Wolf is a professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University.

Reviews

"I believe this book will be a major contributor to the continuing Middle East 'Peace Process.'" --William A. Mitchell, coauthor of The Euphrates River and the Southeast Anatolia Development Project