The middle east water question looking behind convention assumptions
Other Title(s)
مسألة المياه في الشرق الأوسط النظر فيما وراء الافتراضات السائدة
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Source
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 74 (30 Jun. 2002)15 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2002-06-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Topics
Abstract EN
All the economies of the Middle East face xporsening water resource pnMcms.
Their Imputations tin- rising and the demand for freshwater is rising proportionately.
The 300 million population of the Middle East and North Africa at the millennium will double to 600 million by 2030.
The supply of naturally occurring freshwater is finite.
Rainfall, which in other regions (such as the temperate latitudes) contributes most of the imter budget of an economy, provides only a tiny proportion of the ivater for Middle Eastern economies.
The region s thirsty irrigated tracts haw already driivn the regional demand fur u'atcr far beyond locally sustainable leivls.
The readily developable resources are already king heavily used.
In many cases they are being severely overused.
A feature of iivter allocation and management within the region is that the tendency to overuse frrshu'ater is not discouraged by the government agencies responsible for tin* water sector.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Lan,Tony. 2002. The middle east water question looking behind convention assumptions. Journal of Social Affairs،Vol. 19, no. 74.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Lan,Tony. The middle east water question looking behind convention assumptions. Journal of Social Affairs Vol. 19, no. 74(Jun. 2002).
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Lan,Tony. The middle east water question looking behind convention assumptions. Journal of Social Affairs. 2002. Vol. 19, no. 74.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-126020