Water and Poer The Politics of a Scarce Resource in the Jordan River Basin [Paperback]

Why do states in arid regions fail to co-operate in sharing water resources when co-operation would appear to be in their mutual interest? Miriam Lowi explores the answers to these critical questions.Why do states in arid regions fail to cooperate in sharing water resources and how can they be encouraged to do so? This well-researched analysis of the history and current status of the dispute over the waters of the Jordan River basin explores the answers to these questions.Why do states in arid regions fail to cooperate in sharing water resources and how can they be encouraged to do so? This well-researched analysis of the history and current status of the dispute over the waters of the Jordan River basin explores the answers to these questions.Why do states in arid regions fail to cooperate in sharing water resources and how can they be encouraged to do so? In a provocative and well-researched analysis of the history and current status of the dispute over the waters of the Jordan River basin and its relationship to the Arab-Israeli conflict, Dr. Miriam Lowi explores the answers to these questions. This book will be of value to all those with an interest in the region, and to those concerned with the environmental issues of the politics of water scarcity.l. Introduction: conflict and cooperation in international river basins; Part I. RIPARIAN DILEMMAS: 2. The environment of conflict in the Jordan basin; 3. Riparian disputes compared; Part II. THE JORDAN WATERS CONFLICT: 4. The Johnston mission to the Middle East (l953l956); 5. Perception and misperception: the Jordan waters crisis (l964) and the onset of war; Part III. THE JORDAN BASIN SINCE l967: 6. Water and development in Israel and Jordan; 7. Riparian relations and the perception of conflict; 8. Riparian disputes since l967; 9. Conclusion: the conduct of riparian disputes and the potential for cooperation in international river basins. ...the author has provided a useful addition to reference works on the very vlcÀ