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Title Shared borders, shared waters : Israeli-Palestinian and Colorado River Basin water challenges / editors, Sharon B. Megdal, Robert Varady & Susanna Eden
Published Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 293 pages) : color illustrations
Contents Section 1. Water development : infrastructure and institutions -- section 2. Political and economic perspectives on water -- section 3. Learning from comparison -- section 4. Challenges, new and old : climate change and wastewater -- section 5. Expanding water supplies : promising strategies and technologies
Summary This collection of papers examines water management in two of the world's prominent, arid transboundary areas facing similar challenges. In the Middle East, the chronically water-short Israeli-Palestinian region has recognized the need both to conserve and supplement its traditional water sources. Across the globe on the North American continent, Arizona-a state in the southwestern United States bordering Mexico-relies significantly on the overallocated Colorado River, as well as on non-renewable groundwater supplies. For both regions, sustainable and cost-effective solutions clearly require i
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Water-supply -- Israel -- Management
Water-supply -- Arizona -- Management
Water resources development.
Integrated water development.
water resources development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Integrated water development
Water resources development
Water-supply -- Management
Arizona
Israel
Form Electronic book
Author Megdal, Sharon Bernstein.
Varady, Robert G.
Eden, Susanna.
ISBN 9780203597682
0203597680