Water in the Middle East

K. David Hambright is Assistant Professor of Zoology at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station and Department of Zoology, and Adjunct Research Scientist at the Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel. F. Jamil Ragep is professor of the History of Science at the University of Oklahoma and Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies. Joseph Ginat, formerly Chairman of the Jewish-Arab Center at the University of Haifa, and a former Director of the Israeli Academic Center in Cairo, is currently working with the Egyptian scholar Maha El-Rashidi on methods of conflict resolution.

• Introduction; The Jordan Valley's Water: A Source of Conflict or a Basis for Peace; historical Political Conflict of Jordan River Water Resources; Compliance with an Violations of the Unified/Johnston Plan for the Jordan Valley; Water Resources Scarcity in West Africa: The Imperatives of Regional Co-operation; Is Joint Management of Israeli-Palestinian Aquifers Still Viable?; The Southern West Bank Aquifer: Exploitation and Sustainability; Groundwater Salinisation in the Jordan Valley -- Quo Vadis?; Lake Kinneret and Water Supply in Israel: Ecological Limits to Operational Supply; The Water Economy of Israel; Current Water Provision and Allocation in Palestine; The Peace Process and Water Supply in Jordan: Inter- and Trans-Boundary Border Projects; An Economic Approach for Making the most of Jordan's Water; Water: Casus Belli or Source of Co-operation?; Water, Demography and Future Economic Development in the Triangle: Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories; High Income Innovative Crops and Optimal Fertigation System: the Solution for High Farm Income Under Water Shortage in the Jordan Valley; Protected Agriculture: A Regional Solution for Water Scarcity and Production of High-Value Crops in the Jordan Valley; Focusing on Peace -- Building Trust and Understanding; Index.