04431nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10555802 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 091119s2010 njuab sb 001 0 eng d 2009048301 9780813547701 (hardcover alk. paper) 0813547709 (hardcover alk. paper) 9780813547718 (pbk. alk. paper) 0813547717 (pbk. alk. paper) 9780813549774 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)794492467 aw----- HD1698.M53 W387 2010eb 333.9100956 22 Water wisdom [electronic resource] : preparing the groundwork for cooperative and sustainable water management in the Middle East / edited by Alon Tal and Alfred Abed Rabbo. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010. xix, 332 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Characterizing water resources -- Water resources: the Palestinian perspective / Amjad Aliewi -- Water resources: the Israeli perspective / Alon Tal -- Past water agreements and their implementation -- The Oslo II accords in retrospect: implementation of the water provisions in the Israeli and Palestinian interim peace agreements / Anan Jayousi -- Article 40: an Israeli retrospective / Dorit Kerret -- The water culture of Israelis and Palestinians -- Water culture in Palestine / Ziad Abdeen -- Water culture in Israel / Clive Lipchin -- Water legislation -- The Palestinian legal regime for water quality protection / Hiba I. Husseini -- Legal framework for allocation of water and for protection of water quality in Israel / Marcia Gelpe -- Groundwater management -- Shared groundwater resources: environmental hazards and technical solutions in Palestine / Karen Assaf -- The mountain aquifer: shared groundwater resources, environmental hazards, and technical solutions / Dror Avisar -- Stream restoration -- The condition of streams and prospects for restoration in Palestine / Nader El-Khateeb -- Stream restoration under conditions of water scarcity: insight from the Israeli experience / Avital Gasith and Yaron Hershkovitz -- Drinking-water standards -- Drinking water quality and standards: the Palestinian perspective / Alfred Abed Rabbo -- Israeli drinking-water resources and supply / Ramy Halperin -- Sewage treatment -- Sewage treatment in Gaza and the quest to upgrade infrastructure / Khalil Tubail -- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Israel / Yossi Inbar -- Agriculture and water -- Sustainable water supply for agriculture in Palestine / Said A. Assaf -- Sustainable water supply for agriculture in Israel / Alon Ben-gal -- Desalination -- The coming age of desalination for Gaza: visions, illusions, and reality / Nahed Ghbn -- Desalination in Israel: status, prospects, and contexts / Yaakov Garb -- The Jordan River Basin -- Managing the Jordan River Basin: a Palestinian perspective / Nancy Rumman -- Managing the Jordan River Basin: an Israeli perspective / Richard Laster and Dan Livney -- Gaza's water situation -- The Gaza water crisis / Yousef Abu-Mayla and Eilon M. Adar -- Citizen involvement -- The role of civil society in addressing transboundary water issues in the Israeli-Palestinian context / Iyad Aburdeineh ... [et al.] -- The role of third parties in conflict resolution -- The role of third parties in helping to resolve the conflicts over water issues in Israel and Palestine / Robin Twite -- Cooperative water management strategies -- Joint aquifer management: institutional options / Marwan Haddad and Eran Feitelson. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Water resources development Middle East Planning. Water resources development Government policy Middle East. Water resources development Environmental aspects Middle East. Water-supply Middle East International cooperation. Electronic books. local Tal, Alon, 1960- Abed Rabbo, Alfred. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10555802 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 89251 89251