Challenges for Sustainable Development in Palestine
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 [...]
Dry Peace in the Middle East
The Middle East is one of the most water poor and water stressed regions of the globe. While the region is home to 5% of people of the world, it has less than 1% of its renewable fresh water. The paper discusses [...]
The Israeli Bulldozers Assassinate the Middle East Peace Process
Soon after its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in June 1967, Israel seized absolute control over the West Bank and Gaza Strip’s land and natural resources. From that time until today, Palestinians are permitted to use less than 15 [...]
The Potentials of GIS in Water Management and Conflict Resolution
The Middle East is heading towards a severe water crisis that will have impacts on the geopolitical map of the region. The populations and living standards of most countries in the Middle East are steadily increasing, and correspondingly are their water demands. [...]
Abu Ghnaim Environmental Impacts Assessment
The paper gives a background about Abu Ghnaim area, including location, soil structure, climate, and vegetation. It then discusses the historical and archeological significance, land ownership with a chronology of events, conditions surrounding Abu Ghnaim area, and the major consequences of its [...]
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 - [...]