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A new legal framework for managing the world 's shared groundwaters: A case-study from the Middle East

Author
Daibes-Murad F.
Date
2005
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-074411)
Publisher | Place of publication
IWA Publishing | London, UK
ISBN
1-843390-76-0
Pages
349 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Country/Territory
Israel, Palestinian Authority
Subject
Water
Keyword
Basin/catchment/watershed Groundwater Transboundary effects Freshwater resources management Environmental security
Geographical area
Asia
Abstract

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Groundwater: Hydrogeological, management and legal perspectives 3. The water conflict over the Mountain Aquifer descriptionn and related politics 4. Modern development of transboundary groundwater law 5. Transboundary groundwater in state practice 6. A progressive approach for resolving the Israeli - Palestinian conflict on the Mountain Aquifer 7. Main findings and recommendations