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Title 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
Published Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 242 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index
Notes English
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Subject Water resources development -- Middle East
Water resources development -- Jordan River Valley
Water-supply -- Economic aspects -- Middle East
Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Middle East
Water use -- Middle East
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Water resources development
Water-supply -- Economic aspects
Water-supply -- Political aspects
Water use
Wasserreserve
Wasserversorgung
Verteilungskampf
Middle East
Middle East -- Jordan River Valley
Naher Osten
Genre/Form Festschriften
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Fisher, Franklin M
LC no. 2004029563
ISBN 9781136525575
1136525572
1280686960
9781280686962
9786613663900
6613663905
1936331373
9781936331376