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ToolsZeitoun, Mark, Abdallah, Chadi, Dajani, Muna, Khresat, Sa'eb, Elaydi, Heather and Alfarra, Amani (2019) The Yarmouk tributary to the Jordan river I: Agreements impeding equitable transboundary water arrangements. Water Alternatives, 12 (3). pp. 1064-1094. ISSN 1965-0175
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Abstract
This article explores the ways in which two international water agreements on the Yarmouk tributary to the Jordan River induce or impede transformation to equitable transboundary water arrangements. The agreements in question were reached between Jordan and Syria in 1987, and between Jordan and Israel in 1994. Following a brief review of theory and a summary of the body of knowledge on 'model' agreements, the article combines official river-gauging data with interviews and textual analysis to query the text and role of the agreements, particularly in relation to key dams and other infrastructure. Both agreements are found to i) lack important clauses that could govern groundwater abstraction, environmental concerns, water quality, and the ability to adapt to changing water quality, availability and need; and ii) include both ambiguous and rigid clauses that result in generally inequitable allocation of water and thus of the benefits derived from its use. Due to their omissions and to their reflection of the asymmetries in power between the states, both agreements are found to be 'blind' to existing use, to be incapable of dealing with urgent governance needs, and to impede more equitable arrangements.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | hydro-hegemony,israel,jordan,jordan river,syria,transboundary water politics,water agreements,water treaties,yarmouk,geography, planning and development,water science and technology,political science and international relations,management, monitoring, policy and law ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Climate Change Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2020 23:59 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2024 02:44 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75125 |
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