Research Catalog

Title

The Middle East water question : hydropolitics and the global economy / Tony Allan.

Author

Allan, J. A. (John Anthony)

Publication

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2002

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Description

xviii, 382 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

Is there enough water on this planet for a global population that will shortly double its present size? The answer is of great importance for people everywhere, but particularly to the peoples and political leaders of the Middle East and North Africa. In addition to explaining the particular issues of conflict in the region, Tony Allan argues that the answer to these problems lies at the global rather than local level.

Uniform Title

Environmental Information Services Collection.

Alternative Title

Hydropolitics and the global economy

Subject

• Water-supply > Middle East
• Water-supply > Political aspects > Middle East
• Water rights > Middle East
• Water resources development > Political aspects > Middle East
• Watervoorziening
• Conflicten
• Economische ontwikkeling

Note

• "Paperback edition published in 2002 by I.B. Tauris"--T.p. verso.
• "In the United States of America and in Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press ..."--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-374) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- -- Part One. MENA water resources, allocation, management and perception -- 1. Water optimists and water pessimists : insiders and outsiders and an analytical framework -- 2. The resource : the supply -- -- Part Two. Economic and environmental imperatives ignored : and why they are ignored -- 3. Water is an economic resource : the economist's view -- 4. Water is not an economic resource : the political economy of some MENA waters -- 5. Water, development and the environment -- -- Part Three. Water : international relations and law -- 6. Water in regional and international relations -- 7. Water law and international water law in the Middle East and North Africa -- -- Part Four. The future -- 8 The future role of water in the Middle East and North African society -- -- Glossary and abbreviations -- References -- Index.

ISBN

• 1860648134
• 9781860648137

OCLC

49500793

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library