Establishing an Environmental Information System for Palestine
This paper describes the process of establishing an Environmental Information System (EIS) for the Palestinian West Bank districts which was accomplished lately by the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. The EIS consists of an integrated environmental database with a Geographic Information System [...]
An Evaluation of Water Resources Management in Ramallah District
This study highlight the groundwater resources available in Ramallah district as well as the flow pattern and water quality. There are 16 wells in the study area, five are located in Ein Samia and are owned by Jerusalem Water Undertaking, while 11 [...]
The Water Conflicts in the Middle East from a Palestinian Perspective
Throughout the Middle East, the natural facts of water supply and the socio-political facts of water control, consumption and demand interplay to form a complex hydropolitical web. The allocation of the region's three major river basins - the Nile, the Euphrates - [...]
Environmental Challenges in Palestine and the Peace Process
Positioned at the crossroads of three continents, geographic Palestine is a tiny piece of land rich with biodiversity, fertile agricultural fields, and varied ecological systems. The preservation of this unique environmental interplay is a responsibility which lies equally upon the people of [...]
The Palestinian Water Crisis: Status, Projections and Potential for Resolution
The Middle East is renowned as a water scarce region. The severity of the problem in Palestine is not a result of climatic misfortune, however, but of regional political problems: specifically, shortage has been caused by the Israeli occupation policies. Palestinians' water [...]
Irrigation Management and Water Use Efficiency in the West Bank
Agriculture is a vital importance in the West Bank. If functions as the main source of income in Palestinian economy. However, Israeli has imposed restrictions on the amount of fresh water that can be used by Palestinian farmers. As such, irrigated agriculture [...]
Environmental Protection & Sustainable Development in Palestine
The paper describes how development in the last 100 years has not followed an environmentally sustainable path, in large part because of political constraints. This is followed by an outline for a plan for "sustainable development" in the Palestinian context. The paper [...]
A Sober Approach to the Water Crisis in the Middle East
The paper discusses water resources in Palestine, Middle East water crisis, the role of agricultre, environmental consideration, and the need for shared responsibility. In addition, it talks about conflict resolution mechanisms, the peace process and water, and some proposal to solve this [...]