Water Security for Palestinians and Israelis: Towards a New Cooperation in Middle East Water Resources

ISBN-13: 9780755637942 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 336 str.

Christopher Ward;Isabelle Learmont;Sandra Ruckstuhl (International Water Management Institute)

Opis

Shared water resources in Israel and Palestine are often the site of political, economic, historical, legal and ethical contestation. In this, the second of two volumes on the subject, the authors look beyond the political tensions of the region, to argue for the need for shared water security and co-operative resource management. Winning Water Security for Palestinians and Israelis, the authors assess water security in terms of security of access to water resources, security of access to water services and security against risks to and from water. The volume compares and contrasts Israelis remarkable water security with the corresponding water insecurity of the Palestinians. The authors also set out the practical, economic, legal and ethical rationale for a revised cooperation on water security between the two peoples, proposing a workable scheme for putting into practice a new form of cooperation that would hope to benefit both peoples and strengthen their water security.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: The Divergence of Two Peoples and the Nature of Water Security PART ONE: WATER SECURITY FOR ISRAELIS Chapter One: The three components of Israeli water security PART TWO: WATER SECURITY FOR PALESTINIANS Chapter Two: Security of water resources for West Bank Palestinians Chapter Three: Security of water services in the West Bank Chapter Four: Sanitation and wastewater in the West Bank Chapter Five: Security in water for agriculture and irrigation in the West Bank Chapter Six: Water security in the Gaza Strip PART THREE: TOWARDS A NEW COOPERATION ON WATER SECURITY Chapter Seven: What scope for a new cooperation on water? Chapter Eight: Incentives to change Chapter Nine: How could cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians be reset and water security achieved for both peoples? Coda: What do we learn about the concept of water security? Index