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“Water is Life”: this is often forgotten in countries with abundant water ressources. As a ressource it only gains importance once it is in short supply or once its quality declines. In the case of shortage the battle for water becomes inevitable. At the moment we have up to 200 conflicts of border-crossing water systems in the world. The Middle East is considered to be a typical example of this politically significant problem
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Sabbagh, J. (2004). Water Conflict and Water Management in the Middle East. In: Zereini, F., Jaeschke, W. (eds) Water in the Middle East and in North Africa. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10866-6_26
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