Water balances in the Eastern Mediterranean (IDRC, 2000)
Title from Web page (IDRC, viewed Aug. 9, 2006). - Published on the International Development Research Centre website
Includes bibliographical references
Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Chapter 1 Keynote Address: Access to water in the Eastern Mediterranean; Chapter 2 Assessing Lebanon's Water Balance; Chapter 3 Evaluating Water Balances in Israel; Chapter 4 Water Balances in Palestine: Numbers and Political Culture in the Middle East; Chapter 5 Evaluating Water Balances in Jordan; Chapter 6 Turkey's Water Potential and the Southeast Anatolia Project; Chapter 7 Transporting Water by Tanker from Turkey to North Cyprus: Costs and Pricing Policies
The roots of destabilization, migration, and local conflict around the world can often be traced to a lack of fresh water. As a result, the importance of fresh water to economic development, quality of life, ecosystem sustainability, and political stability is gaining renewed global recognition. In the Middle East and the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, the situation is approaching crisis proportions. People living in this part of the world have only one-sixth as much fresh water available per capita as the global average. Although predictions of a Middle Eastern ''water war'' a