Arab Water Security - Threats and Opportunities in the Gulf States

This book explores the national security implications of the Arab Gulf states' reliance on desalination plants, for researchers and policy makers.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Rethinking water and food security in the Arab Gulf states; 2. Threats to water security; 3. Outsourcing farming; 4. Responses to water insecurity; 5. The future of water and food security; References; Index.

About the author

Hussein A. Amery is an Associate Professor in the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines, where he teaches courses on the political economy of resources, the Middle East, and water politics and policy. His academic expertise is in human and environmental security, transboundary water conflicts, and in identifying and analyzing threats to critical infrastructure in the Arab Gulf states and the wider Middle East. He was selected as Fellow by the International Water Association in 2005, and has served as consultant on desalination and other water issues to the American and Canadian governments, as well as engineering firms.

Summary

Exploring the national security implications of the Gulf states' reliance on desalination plants, this book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of current and future threats to the supply of freshwater, effects of a potential disruption, and possible measures to increase resilience to these threats, for researchers and graduate students.

Product details

• Authors: Hussein A Amery, Hussein A. Amery, Hussein A. (Colorado School of Mines) Amery, Amery Hussein A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107042292
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04229-2
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: International Hydrology; International Hydrology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, Politics & government, Social impact of environmental issues, Islamic countries, Earth Sciences, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Environment law, International Environmental Law, Food security and supply, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Drought and water supply