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Water worries in Jordan and Israel: What may the future hold?

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Rapid population growth, combined with inefficient and uncoordinated water utilisation and extraction practices are likely to exasperate the already keen water worries of the arid nations of the Middle East. This paper will discuss the water demands and practices of Israel and Jordan, two countries heavily dependent on the Jordan River Basin, which suffer from acute water shortages. The paper will also review the Treaty of Peace signed between the parties in 1994 that included a major settlement on the parties' historical water dispute and facilitated a cooperative framework for future water use and utilisation. Finally the paper will draw on future strategies and reflect on plans already in place by both states to attempt to alleviate their respective water worries.

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Dinar, S. (2004). Water worries in Jordan and Israel: What may the future hold?. In: Marquina, A. (eds) Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean 2000–2050. NATO Science Series, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0973-7_13

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