Description |
1 online resource (18 pages) : color illustration, color maps |
Contents |
Introduction -- Gulf-to-Nile Freshwater Overview -- Water Hotspots -- Case study: Egypt, the Nile, and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- About the Authors |
Summary |
"Fresh water is fundamental to human health, social development, peace, and economic growth everywhere in the world. Yet in a great many places, and for a great many people, clean freshwater is scarce. Current trends on both the supply and demand sides strongly suggest that clean freshwater availability will become more challenging in more places in the future. As a result, water will become even more important than it currently is in contributing to the degradation of social, political, and economic systems in troubled countries around the world. Nowhere are these dynamics more evident or more important than in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where population growth and water scarcity threaten acute impacts in the years to come. An unreliable water supply can act as an important catalyst for instability, especially when present alongside other sources of discontent and unrest (such as ethnic, religious, political, or economic stressors)"--Publisher's description |
Notes |
"March 22, 2017"--Table of contents page |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Atlantic Council, viewed March 27, 2016) |
Subject |
Water security -- Middle East -- 21st century
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Water security -- Africa, North -- 21st century
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Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Middle East
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Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Africa, North
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Water resources development -- Government policy -- Middle East
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Water resources development -- Government policy -- Africa, North
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Security, International -- 21st century
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Security, International.
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Water resources development -- Government policy.
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Water security.
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Water-supply -- Political aspects.
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North Africa.
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Middle East.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Passell, Howard, author
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Atlantic Council of the United States. Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, publisher, issuing body.
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ISBN |
9781619774353 |
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1619774356 |
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