Liquid assets : an economic approach for water management and conflict resolution in the Middle East and beyond / by Franklin M. Fisher [and others] ; with special contributions by Amer Z., Salman, Emad K. Al-Karablieh
Water and economics -- The WAS optimizing model: a management tool -- Crop choice and agricultural demand for water: AGSM -- International conflicts: promoting cooperation -- Results for Israel -- Results for Palestine -- Results for Jordan -- The value of cooperation
Summary
Liquid Assets shows that the common view of water as an inevitable cause of future wars is neither rational nor necessary. Typically, two or more parties with claim to the same water sources are thought to play a zero-sum game with each side placing a high emotional and political value over the ownership of the water. However, Franklin Fisher and his coauthors demonstrate that when disputes in ownership are expressed as disputes about money values, in most cases, the benefits of ownership will be surprisingly small. By assigning an economic value to water and treating water as a tradable resou
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index