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Dealing with closed basins: the case of the lower Jordan River Basin

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Title Dealing with closed basins: the case of the lower Jordan River Basin
 
Creator Venot, Jean-Philippe
Molle, Francois
Courcier, R.
 
Subject river basin development
water scarcity
water allocation
water accounting
indicators
water resource management
water conservation
water supply
 
Description During the past 50 years, the Lower Jordan River basin experienced a rapid and comprehensive process of development of its rare water resources. This led to its progressive closure; almost no water is left that can be mobilized and used while demand, notably in urban areas, keeps increasing. Despite the need to consider demand management options to alleviate the Jordanian water crisis, the potential of these options appears limited in the mid- term; the growing demand of the population and the sustaining of agriculture are unlikely to be met without supply augmentation measures which will reopen the basin.
 
Date 2008
2014-06-13T14:48:27Z
2014-06-13T14:48:27Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Venot, Jean-Philippe; Molle, Francois; Courcier, R. 2008. Dealing with closed basins: the case of the lower Jordan River Basin. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 24(2): 247?263.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40799
 
Language en
 
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