Knowledge management and analysis of ESCWA member countries capacities in managing shared water resources
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Water-supply; Management; International cooperation; Water resources development
Description: Water scarcity is a fundamental challenge to sustainable development in arid and semi-arid regions. The problem in ESCWA countries is exacerbated by the fact that most of the water resources are shared and originate from outside the region. (The seven major shared surface watercourses have an average annual discharge of 195 billion cubic meters.) This study reviews case studies in shared water resources management in an effort to improve integrated water resources management (IWRM) in the region--Publisher's description.
Notes: At head of title: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

"13 November 2009."

"E/ESCWA/SDPD/2009/7."

"09-0494."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-76).

Tisza River Basin ; Mekong River Basin ; Columbia River Basin ; Nile Basin ; North-Western Sahara Aquifer System : Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System ; Naher El-Kabir ; Egypt: The Nile Water Sector ; The Sudan ; Jordan ; Lebanon

Also freely available online.
Table of contents: title: Tools for shared water resource management; title: Lessons learned from international experiences in shared water resource management; title: Shared water resource management in the Arab region: a basin-level perspective; title: Shared water resource management in the ESCWA region: a country level perspective; title: The current capacity of the eater sector for shared water resource management in the ESCWA region; title: Potential measures for improved shared water resource management in the ESCWA region.