Water and Power
Subtitle: The Politics of a Scarce Resource in the Jordan River Basin (Cambridge Middle East Library)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 27, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780521558365
Subjects: International relations; Management of land & natural resources; Real Estate - General; Middle East - General; Political Science; History - General History; History: World; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Business & Economics-Real Estate - General; History / Middle East; Political Science / International Relations; Political Science-International Relations - General; Water resources development - Jordan River re; Water resources development - Jordan River region - International cooperation
First sentence: Well before the emergence of the nation-state, the arbitrary political division of a unitary river basin - the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries - led to problems regarding the interests of the states and/or communities located within the basin and the manner in which conflicting interests should be resolved.