Freshwater Resources in Arid Lands (UNU, 1997, 94 pages): 1: Fresh water - A scarce resource in arid lands: (introductory text...)

Freshwater Resources in Arid Lands (UNU, 1997, 94 pages)

1: Fresh water - A scarce resource in arid lands

		*(introductory text...)*
		Introduction
		International efforts
		Fresh water - A limited resource
		A personal history
		Traditional wisdom
		Problems of major continental aquifers
		The Aral crisis - Ecocide in arid lands
		Hydropolitics along the Jordan river basin and the Dead Sea
		Conclusions
		References

(introductory text...)

Iwao Kobori

In connection with the importation of useful things and conveniences into towns, one must see to a number of matters. There is the water (problem). The place should be on a river, or springs with plenty of fresh water should be facing it. The existence of water near the place simplifies the water problem for the inhabitants, which is urgent. The existence of (water) will be a general convenience to them.

Ibn Khaldun, The Muqqadimah