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Circumventing water scarcity in the Jordan Basin: Decoupling trends in Israel and Jordan
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This chapter examines trends in water resources used in Jordan and Israel. Specifically it illustrates how these two economies have circumvented significant limits in their natural freshwater resource endowment to enable continued economic and population growth despite static or declining water availability. Using the concept of resource decoupling, it identifies four specific mechanisms by which economies can decouple their water needs from water availability, including economic diversificat...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Allan, T
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+ Bromwich, B
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+ Keulertz, M
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+ Colman, A
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Host title:
- Oxford handbook of Food, Water and Society
- Series:
- Oxford Handbooks
- Issue:
- 22
- Publication date:
- 2019-04-01
- DOI:
- ISBN:
- 9780190669799
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pubs:981416
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- pubs:981416
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- Deposit date:
- 2019-03-12
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- Oxford University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- © Oxford University Press, 2018. All Rights Reserved. The publisher's version of this book chapter is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190669799.013.18
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