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Title Water management in Islam / edited by Naser I. Faruqui, Asit K. Biswas, and Murad J. Bino
Published Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 149 pages)
Series Water resources management and policy series
Water resources management and policy series.
Contents Foreword / Caroline Pestieau -- Introduction / Naser I. Faruqui -- Islamic sources / Naser I. Faruqui, Odeh Al-Jayyousi -- Islam and water management: overview and principles / Naser I. Faruqui -- Islamic water management and the Dublin statement / Odeh Al-Jayyousi -- Islam and the environment / Hussein A. Amery -- Water conservation through public awareness based on Islamic teachings in the Eastern Mediterranean region / Sadok Atallah, M.Z. Ali Khan, Mazen Malkawi -- Water conservation through community institutions in Pakistan: mosques and religious schools / S.M.S. Shah, M.A. Baig, A.A. Khan, H.F. Gabriel -- Water demand management in Saudi Arabia / Walid A. Abderrahman -- Sociocultural acceptability of wastewater reuse in Palestine / Nader Al Khateeb -- Water rights and water trade: an Islamic perspective / M.T. Kadouri, Y. Djebbar, M. Nehdi -- Ownership and transfer of water and land in Islam / Dante A. Caponera -- Water markets and pricing in Iran / Kazem Sadr -- Intersectoral water markets in the Middle East and North Africa / Naser I. Faruqui -- Management of shared waters: a comparison of international and Islamic law / Iyad Hussein, Odeh Al-Jayyousi
Summary This book presents Islamic perspectives on a number of proposed water-management policies, including water demand management, wastewater reuse, and higher tariffs. The book opens avenues for a wider dialogue amongst researchers working at identifying the most promising water management policies, adds to our knowledge of some of the influences on formal policy and informal practice, and makes these ideals available to a broader public
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Water-supply -- Middle East -- Management
Water-supply -- Africa, North -- Management
Water-supply -- Islamic countries -- Management
Water resources development -- Government policy -- Islamic countries
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
Water resources development -- Government policy
Water-supply -- Management
Islam
Recht
Ressourcenmanagement
Wasserreserve
Wasserversorgung
Wasserwirtschaft
Waterbronnen.
Distributieve rechtvaardigheid.
Approvisionnement en eau -- Moyen-Orient.
Approvisionnement en eau -- Afrique du Nord.
Eau -- Aspect religieux -- Pays islamiques.
WATER MANAGEMENT.
WATER CONSERVATION.
WATER REUSE.
ISLAMIC COUNTRIES.
ISLAM.
North Africa
Islamic countries
Middle East
Naher Osten
Nordafrika
Form Electronic book
Author Faruqui, Naser I.
Biswas, Asit K.
Bino, Murad J.
International Development Research Centre (Canada)
LC no. 00011417
ISBN 9781441609090
1441609091
1552501337
9781552501337
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9781281253255
9786611253257
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