Author: Miriam R. Lowi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521558365
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Why do states in arid regions fail to co-operate in sharing water resources when co-operation would appear to be in their mutual interest? Through in-depth analysis of the history and current status of the dispute over the Jordan River basin, Miriam Lowi explores the answers to these critical questions.
Water and Power
Author: Miriam R. Lowi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521558365
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Why do states in arid regions fail to co-operate in sharing water resources when co-operation would appear to be in their mutual interest? Through in-depth analysis of the history and current status of the dispute over the Jordan River basin, Miriam Lowi explores the answers to these critical questions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521558365
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Why do states in arid regions fail to co-operate in sharing water resources when co-operation would appear to be in their mutual interest? Through in-depth analysis of the history and current status of the dispute over the Jordan River basin, Miriam Lowi explores the answers to these critical questions.
Water in the Middle East
Author: Karl David Hambright
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806137582
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Scarcity of water is a problem in many areas around the world. In this sense the Middle East which suffers from frequent droughts and a shortage of potable water, is not unique. However, when political disagreements among states combine with issues of fair and equitable access to common water resources, the problems associated with water scarcity seem intractable. In this sense the Middle East, and particularly the Jordan River Valley, is indeed unique. This enlightening book brings together the insights of scholars from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and the United States who employ a broad range of perspectives and disciplines–engineering, agronomy, biology, economics, history, geography, and political science–to examine the significance of water in Middle East conflicts. These contributors do not offer facile remedies. Rather they show that any solution must be achieved within a political and social framework of peace, enlightened economic policies, and technical measures that take due account of environmental conditions. This volume is the result of the conference "Water in the Jordan Valley," sponsored by the Center for Peace Studies, a division of the International Programs Center at the University of Oklahoma.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806137582
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Scarcity of water is a problem in many areas around the world. In this sense the Middle East which suffers from frequent droughts and a shortage of potable water, is not unique. However, when political disagreements among states combine with issues of fair and equitable access to common water resources, the problems associated with water scarcity seem intractable. In this sense the Middle East, and particularly the Jordan River Valley, is indeed unique. This enlightening book brings together the insights of scholars from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and the United States who employ a broad range of perspectives and disciplines–engineering, agronomy, biology, economics, history, geography, and political science–to examine the significance of water in Middle East conflicts. These contributors do not offer facile remedies. Rather they show that any solution must be achieved within a political and social framework of peace, enlightened economic policies, and technical measures that take due account of environmental conditions. This volume is the result of the conference "Water in the Jordan Valley," sponsored by the Center for Peace Studies, a division of the International Programs Center at the University of Oklahoma.
Rivers of Fire
Author: Arnon Soffer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1461642140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
In a never-ending battle to match population growth with food and energy production, the countries of the Middle East have been frenziedly developing water resources, including international rivers and groundwate, without considering their neighbors' needs. The inevitable result has been more frequent and increasingly bitter conflicts. At the same time, a halting Arab-Israeli peace process spurred by the collapse of the Soviet Union continues. Are we indeed entering a new era in a new Middle East? Do the region's leaders understand that reality has changed and that a transition is inevitable? Focusing on international rivers and ground water in the region, this timely study provides thoughtful_if pessimistic_answers to these questions. Encompassing all water sources in the Middle East, Arnon Soffer thoroughly explores the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Jordan, Orontes, and Litani Rivers, as well as international groundwater. He also weighs the implications of going to war over water and such unconventional solutions to the water shortage as desalination and importation.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1461642140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
In a never-ending battle to match population growth with food and energy production, the countries of the Middle East have been frenziedly developing water resources, including international rivers and groundwate, without considering their neighbors' needs. The inevitable result has been more frequent and increasingly bitter conflicts. At the same time, a halting Arab-Israeli peace process spurred by the collapse of the Soviet Union continues. Are we indeed entering a new era in a new Middle East? Do the region's leaders understand that reality has changed and that a transition is inevitable? Focusing on international rivers and ground water in the region, this timely study provides thoughtful_if pessimistic_answers to these questions. Encompassing all water sources in the Middle East, Arnon Soffer thoroughly explores the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Jordan, Orontes, and Litani Rivers, as well as international groundwater. He also weighs the implications of going to war over water and such unconventional solutions to the water shortage as desalination and importation.
Hans Brinker
Author: Tom Taggart
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573650444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573650444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
T. P.'s Weekly
Saint Patrick Collection [2 Books]
Author: Saint Patrick
Publisher: Aeterna Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
SAINT PATRICK COLLECTION [2 BOOKS] — Quality Formatting and Value — Active Index, Multiple Table of Contents for all Books — Multiple Illustrations Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, along with saints Brigit of Kildare and Columba. He is also venerated in the Anglican Communion, the Old Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as equal-to-apostles and the Enlightener of Ireland. The dates of Patrick's life cannot be fixed with certainty but, on a widespread interpretation, he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century. Early medieval tradition credits him with being the first bishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland. Despite a lack of detail, and many legendary accretions to his story, early sources concur in regarding him as the founder of Christianity in Ireland, making a start at converting a society practising a form of Celtic polytheism, and he has been generally so regarded ever since, despite evidence of some earlier Christian presence in Ireland. —BOOKS— THE CONFESSION OF SAINT PATRICK THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SAINT PATRICK PUBLISHER: AETERNA PRESS
Publisher: Aeterna Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
SAINT PATRICK COLLECTION [2 BOOKS] — Quality Formatting and Value — Active Index, Multiple Table of Contents for all Books — Multiple Illustrations Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, along with saints Brigit of Kildare and Columba. He is also venerated in the Anglican Communion, the Old Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as equal-to-apostles and the Enlightener of Ireland. The dates of Patrick's life cannot be fixed with certainty but, on a widespread interpretation, he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century. Early medieval tradition credits him with being the first bishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland. Despite a lack of detail, and many legendary accretions to his story, early sources concur in regarding him as the founder of Christianity in Ireland, making a start at converting a society practising a form of Celtic polytheism, and he has been generally so regarded ever since, despite evidence of some earlier Christian presence in Ireland. —BOOKS— THE CONFESSION OF SAINT PATRICK THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SAINT PATRICK PUBLISHER: AETERNA PRESS
Still Time to Die
Author: Jack Belden
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1468462288
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The Nature of the Battlefield.- 1. Falsehood.- 2. Uncertainty.- 3. Friction.- 4. Courage.- 5. Resolution.- 6. Exertion.- 7. Brotherhood and Loneliness.- 8. Destruction.- Chinese Battlefields.- I. The Death of a City.- 1. The dangerous position of China.- 2. The smell and feel of a city; its transmutation in war.- 3. War should be treated with respect.- 4. Defeat corrodes the soul.- 5. War breeds suspicion.- 6. War arouses passions.- 7. People have blind natural impulses.- 8. Non-combatants are often trapped.- 9. A city dies.- II. The Retreat from Hsuchow.- 1. The Japanese trap.- 2. A night mar.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1468462288
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The Nature of the Battlefield.- 1. Falsehood.- 2. Uncertainty.- 3. Friction.- 4. Courage.- 5. Resolution.- 6. Exertion.- 7. Brotherhood and Loneliness.- 8. Destruction.- Chinese Battlefields.- I. The Death of a City.- 1. The dangerous position of China.- 2. The smell and feel of a city; its transmutation in war.- 3. War should be treated with respect.- 4. Defeat corrodes the soul.- 5. War breeds suspicion.- 6. War arouses passions.- 7. People have blind natural impulses.- 8. Non-combatants are often trapped.- 9. A city dies.- II. The Retreat from Hsuchow.- 1. The Japanese trap.- 2. A night mar.
Oregon Teachers' Monthly
Nemarluk
Author: Ion Idriess
Publisher: ETT Imprint
ISBN: 1925416577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Nemarluk, one of the most feared Aboriginal renegades in the north of Australia, had vowed to rid his land of all intruders. This is the story of the last three years of his life, and his extraordinary battle with the tracker, Bul-Bul, brought in by the Northern Territory police in a final desperate attempt to put an end to Nemarluk's fight. Ion L. Idriess had already brought Lasseter and Flynn to the public's attention with his action-packed stories. He had first-hand knowledge of the courage of Nemarluk and wanted to immortalise the man he called the King of the Wilds. 'Jack [Idriess] understood the depth of Nemarluk's hatred for the Japanese and the white intruders who had come, unasked, into his people's tribal lands of which he was chief. It was not only Nemarluk's desire to protect his people and their lands from the invaders, it was also his obligation and duty.' - Beverley Eley, biographer of Ion L. [Jack] Idriess
Publisher: ETT Imprint
ISBN: 1925416577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Nemarluk, one of the most feared Aboriginal renegades in the north of Australia, had vowed to rid his land of all intruders. This is the story of the last three years of his life, and his extraordinary battle with the tracker, Bul-Bul, brought in by the Northern Territory police in a final desperate attempt to put an end to Nemarluk's fight. Ion L. Idriess had already brought Lasseter and Flynn to the public's attention with his action-packed stories. He had first-hand knowledge of the courage of Nemarluk and wanted to immortalise the man he called the King of the Wilds. 'Jack [Idriess] understood the depth of Nemarluk's hatred for the Japanese and the white intruders who had come, unasked, into his people's tribal lands of which he was chief. It was not only Nemarluk's desire to protect his people and their lands from the invaders, it was also his obligation and duty.' - Beverley Eley, biographer of Ion L. [Jack] Idriess
South American Chronicles
Author: Steve Toon
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557823641
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
SOUTH AMERICAN CHRONICLES is a rich travelogue recounting Steve Toon's six-month overland journey from Caracas to Patagonia and back up to Rio. Beckoned by ads in adventure travel magazines, Steve resigns his job and finally decides to "just do it." His adventures include a peek behind the world's highest waterfall and an encounter with the famous hermit that first walked to them; a slow boat journey up the heart of the Amazon River; a grueling trek to summit a dormant volcano; a boat expedition into the piranha-infested rivers of the Ecuadorian jungle; a long walkabout over the Inca Trail to the Lost City of Machu Picchu; a jeep tour across the exotic wastelands of southern Bolivia; and a pilgrimage to Patagonia's Torres del Paine.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557823641
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
SOUTH AMERICAN CHRONICLES is a rich travelogue recounting Steve Toon's six-month overland journey from Caracas to Patagonia and back up to Rio. Beckoned by ads in adventure travel magazines, Steve resigns his job and finally decides to "just do it." His adventures include a peek behind the world's highest waterfall and an encounter with the famous hermit that first walked to them; a slow boat journey up the heart of the Amazon River; a grueling trek to summit a dormant volcano; a boat expedition into the piranha-infested rivers of the Ecuadorian jungle; a long walkabout over the Inca Trail to the Lost City of Machu Picchu; a jeep tour across the exotic wastelands of southern Bolivia; and a pilgrimage to Patagonia's Torres del Paine.