Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas (UNU, 1998, 203 pages): Part IV: The Dead Sea: 11. Alternative strategies in the inter-state regional development of the Jordan Rift Valley: Acknowledgements

Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas (UNU, 1998, 203 pages)

Part IV: The Dead Sea

11. Alternative strategies in the inter-state regional development of the Jordan Rift Valley

		(introductory text...)
		Introduction
		Canal schemes for co-generation
		The Peace Drainage Canal scheme and eco-political decision-making
		The Aqaba hybrid scheme
		Techno-political assessment of the Peace Drainage Canal and the Med/Red-Dead Sea canal
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgements
		References

Acknowledgements

I wish to express my deep appreciation to Prof. Katsumi Musiake of the University of Tokyo and Prof. Yuzo Akatsuka of Saitama University. Special thanks are due to Profs. Asit K. Biswas (chairman of the International Water Resources Association Committee on International Waters), John Kolars (University of Michigan), John Waterby (Princeton University), and Aaron T. Wolf (University of Alabama) for their guidance and invaluable advice. I am also grateful to Prof. Heitor Gurgulino De Souza and Dr. Juha Uitto of the United Nations University, who managed the strategic research project on water for peace and conflict resolution of the international waters in the Middle East, and to the staff of the World Bank, including Mr. Usaid El-Hambali, Mr. John S. Ijichi, Mr. Yo Kimura, Mr. John A. Hayward, Dr. Ulrich Kuffner, and Mr. Alexander MacPhail, for their comments and information.