Water in the Arab World

Perspectives and Prognoses

Edited by Peter Rogers

Edited by Peter Lydon

    Preface

    Units of Measurement

    Summary

    1. The Water Problems of the Arab World: Management of Scarce Resources Abdul-Karim Sadik and Shawki Barghouti

    2. Transboundary Water and the Challenge of International Cooperation in the Middle East John Waterbury

    3. Overall Perspectives on Countries and Regions J. A. Allan

    4. The Central Region: Problems and Perspectives J. A. Allan

    5. The Arab Mashrek: Hydrologic History, Problems and Perspectives Yahia Bakour and John Kolars

    6. Water Resource Development in the Maghreb Countries Mohammed Jellali and Ali Jebali

    7. Water in the Arabian Peninsula: Problems and Perspectives Jamil Al Alawi and Mohammed Abdulrazzak

    8. Desalination, an Emergent Option Taysir Dabbagh, Peter Sadler, Abdulaziz Al-Saqabi, and Mohamed Sadeqi

    9. Global Climate Change and Its Consequences for Water Availability in the Arab World F. A. Bazzaz

    10. Conflict and Water Use in the Middle East Thomas Naff

    11. The Agenda for the Next Thirty Years Peter Rogers

    Biographical Notes

    References

    Index

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Peter Rogers is Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City Planning at Harvard University.