Overview
- Identifies specific risks based on the current status of the environmental situation in the Jordan valley by country (Israel, Jordan, and Palestine)
- Identifies 127 specific regional and national "interventions"(projects) until the year 2050
- Delivers specific information on each intervention in regards to location, type of intervention, objectives, results and impact, organizational responsibilities, costs and revenues, and implementation period
- Includes 64 short term interventions that can move forward under prevailing constraints, they would provide a significant boost to the economy of the valley with an injection of half a billion US dollars
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace (HSHES, volume 13)
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This book summarizes the NGO Master Plan that provides a comprehensive program to rehabilitate the Lower Jordan River and its tributaries in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. It is a regional and civil society effort designed to promote the restoration of the valley’s environmental and ecological values within a realistic financial and economic framework. The plan identifies 127 specific regional and national "interventions"(projects) until the year 2050, based on seven strategic planning objectives: pollution control, sustainable water management and river rehabilitation, sustainable agriculture, Jordan River basin governance, ecological rehabilitation, sustainable tourism and cultural heritage development, and urban and infrastructure development. The total investment value is 4.58 billion USD, the plan ranks the interventions and identifies their feasibility in a short, medium and long term investment cycles considering the political environment.
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Book Title: Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley
Book Subtitle: Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan
Authors: Jeroen Kool
Series Title: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30036-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30035-1Published: 24 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80710-2Published: 23 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30036-8Published: 14 October 2016
Series ISSN: 1865-5793
Series E-ISSN: 1865-5807
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLII, 239
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 179 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Economics, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Sustainable Development, Nature Conservation, Cultural Heritage, Tourism Management