Open AccessPresent and future water scarcity challenges Middle East governments
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo200003
Subject(s) - middle east , water scarcity , arid , scarcity , population , water supply , environmental degradation , water resources , order (exchange) , environmental planning , business , geography , water resource management , environmental protection , natural resource economics , economic growth , environmental resource management , agriculture , environmental engineering , economics , environmental science , environmental health , medicine , paleontology , ecology , finance , microeconomics , biology , archaeology
Governments in the Middle East's Jordan River Basin have managed to maintain some level of cooperation in dealing with regional water supply issues, despite the current intifada and other tensions in the arid to semi‐arid region. However, these governments, as well as nations and nongovernmental organizations outside of the region, need to increase their efforts in order to keep up with population and development pressures, and to reverse health and environmental problems associated with water degradation, experts stated at a U.S. House of Representatives' hearing on 5 May.