Water in the Middle East : cooperation and technological solutions in the Jordan Valley / edited by K. David Hambright, F. Jamil Ragep, and Joseph Ginat ; foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan ; preface by David L. Boren.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan -- Preface / David L. Boren -- 1. Introduction : water - a conduit for peace / K. David Hambright, F. Jamil Ragep and Joseph Ginat -- 2. The Jordan Valley's water : a source of conflict or a basis for peace / Moshe Ma'oz -- 3. Historical political conflict of Jordan River water resources / Rateb Amro -- 4. Compliance with and violations of the unified/Johnston plan for the Jordan Valley / Munther J. Haddadin -- 5. Water resources scarcity in West Africa : the imperatives of regional cooperation / Aondover Tarhule -- 6. Is joint management of Israeli-Palestinian aquifers still viable? / Eran Feitelson -- 7. The Southern West Bank aquifer : exploitation and sustainability / David J. Scarpa -- 8. Groundwater salinization in the Jordan Valley - Quo Vadis? / Akiva Flexer, Yaakov Anker, Lea Davidson, Eliyahu Rosenthal, Annat Yellin-Dror and Joseph Gutman -- 9. Lake Kinneret and water supply in Israel : ecological limits to operational supply / K. David Hambright and Tamar Zohary -- 10. The water economy of Israel / Yoav Kislev -- 11. Current water provision and allocation in Palestine / Alfred Abed Rabbo -- 12. The peace process and water supply in Jordan : inter- and trans-boundary border projects / Mohammed Abudayyeh Matouq -- 13. An economic approach for making the most of Jordan's water / Mohammed Issa Taha Ali -- 14. Water : Casus Belli or source of cooperation? / Franklin M. Fisher -- 15. Water, demography, and future economic development in the triangle : Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories / Onn Winckler -- 16. High income innovative crops and optimal fertigation system : the solution for high farm income under water shortage in the Jordan Valley / Zvi Karchi -- 17. Protected agriculture : a regional solution for water scarcity and production of high-value crops in the Jordan Valley / Daniel J. Cantliffe -- 18. Postscript : focusing on peace - building trust and understanding / Joseph Ginat and Matthew Chumchal.