Water in the Middle East
Subtitle: Potential for Conflicts and Prospects for Cooperation
Contributors: Waltina Scheumann (Editor); Manuel Schiffler (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 19, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9783540640295
Subjects: Environmental economics; International relations; Management of land & natural resources; Water-supply; Political aspects; Environmental Science; Water And Marine Resources Management; Real Estate - General; Nature; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Middle East; International cooperation; Economics - General; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Engineering - Civil; Natural Resources; Water rights; Congresses
First sentence: The former Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and former UN Secretary General, Butros Butros Ghali stated after the second Gulf War The next war in the Middle East will not be fought for oil, but for water."