Liquid assets : an economic approach for water management and conflict resolution in the Middle East and beyond / by Franklin M. Fisher [and others] ; with special contributions by Amer Z., Salman, Emad K. Al-Karablieh.
Material type: TextPublisher: Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 242 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781136525575
- 1136525572
- 1280686960
- 9781280686962
- 9786613663900
- 6613663905
- 1936331373
- 9781936331376
- Water resources development -- Middle East
- Water resources development -- Jordan River Valley
- Water-supply -- Economic aspects -- Middle East
- Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Middle East
- Water use -- Middle East
- Ressources en eau -- Exploitation -- Moyen-Orient
- Ressources en eau -- Exploitation -- Jourdain, Vallée du
- Eau -- Approvisionnement -- Aspect économique -- Moyen-Orient
- Eau -- Approvisionnement -- Aspect politique -- Moyen-Orient
- Eau -- Utilisation -- Moyen-Orient
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General
- Water resources development
- Water-supply -- Economic aspects
- Water-supply -- Political aspects
- Water use
- Middle East
- Middle East -- Jordan River Valley
- Wasserreserve
- Wasserversorgung
- Verteilungskampf
- Naher Osten
- 333.91/00956 22
- HD1698.M628 .F57 2005eb
- 83.65
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.
Water and economics -- The WAS optimizing model: a management tool -- Crop choice and agricultural demand for water: AGSM -- International conflicts: promoting cooperation -- Results for Israel -- Results for Palestine -- Results for Jordan -- The value of cooperation.
Print version record.
Liquid Assets shows that the common view of water as an inevitable cause of future wars is neither rational nor necessary. Typically, two or more parties with claim to the same water sources are thought to play a zero-sum game with each side placing a high emotional and political value over the ownership of the water. However, Franklin Fisher and his coauthors demonstrate that when disputes in ownership are expressed as disputes about money values, in most cases, the benefits of ownership will be surprisingly small. By assigning an economic value to water and treating water as a tradable resou.
English.
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