Shared borders, shared waters : Israeli-Palestinian and Colorado River Basin water challenges / editors, Sharon B. Megdal, Robert Varady & Susanna Eden
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