Description
The issue of water is one of the five issues that remain to be negotiated as part of the final status talks. This comprehensive work examines the vital resource of water as a political issue in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The first chapter provides a valuable review of the literature on water, from hydropolitical works that focus on political and legal water issues, to technical analyses of problems such as pollution and infrastructure, to publications that propose new models and methods for water management on national and regional levels. Exploring the history of the region’s water policies in the last hundred years, the author explains the conflicts and power struggles that have occurred on the local, national, and international levels over this most important resource. The author also analyzes the current strategy of the Palestinian Water Authority. The book contains many tables, pictures, maps and an extensive bibliography, illustrating this complex issue.
