Water Resources and Conflict in the Middle East Book

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	Introduction: Principles and Reality in Water Allocation of International Rivers	1
	Planning and utilization of rivers	2
	Water utilization in international rivers	4
	The Middle East and North African setting of international rivers	12
1	The Geopolitics of the Monopolized Division of the Nile Waters	15
	General - the international character of the Nile basin	15
	The climate, hydrology and geomorphology of the Nile basin and their impact on the river's management	16
	Patterns of utilization of the Nile waters	32
	The Nile waters: supply and demand	51
	The social and economic implications of water scarcity	73
	The legal and geopolitical setting of the Nile basin	81
	Conclusions: principles of water allocation in the Nile basin	95
2	The Geopolitics of Inequality: The Tigris-Euphrates Drainage Basin	100
	General - the international character of the Euphrates and Tigris drainage basins	100
	The climate, hydrology and geomorphology of the Tigris and Euphrates and their impact on the river's management	102
	The patterns of utilization of the Tigris-Euphrates waters	116
	Supply and demand for Tigris-Euphrates waters	123
	The social and economic implications of water scarcity in the Tigris-Euphrates basin	151
	The legal and geopolitical setting of the Tigris-Euphrates basin	161
	Conclusions: principles for water allocation in the Tigris-Euphrates basin	164
3	The Jordan-Yarmuk Waters - A Conflict Over Scarce Water Resources	173
	General	173
	The climate, hydrology and geomorphology of the Jordan-Yarmuk basin and their impact on the river's management	175
	Patterns of utilization of the Jordan-Yarmuk system	187
	Water supply and demand for Jordan-Yarmuk waters	222
	Social and economic features of the Jordan-Yarmuk states and their implications for Jordan-Yarmuk water utilization	250
	The legal and geopolitical setting of the Jordan basin	255
	Conclusions: principles for water allocation in the Jordan-Yarmuk basin	259
4	The Helsinki Rules and ILC Rules: Principles and Practice for Water Division in the Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates and the Jordan-Yarmuk - Concluding Remarks	265
	The Helsinki and ILC Rules in the Nile basin	266
	The Helsinki and ILC Rules in the Tigris-Euphrates basin	270
	The Helsinki and ILC Rules in the Jordan-Yarmuk basin	272
	The Helsinki and ILC Rules: concluding notes	275
	Appendix A: Helsinki Rules on the Uses of the Waters of International Rivers	277
	Appendix B: UN/ILC The Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses	288
	References	292
	Index	304