Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley
Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan
Authors: Kool, Jeroen
- 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
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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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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley
- Book Subtitle
- Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan
- Authors
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- Jeroen Kool
- Series Title
- Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace
- Series Volume
- 13
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-30036-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-30036-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-30035-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-80710-2
- Series ISSN
- 1865-5793
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XLII, 239
- Number of Illustrations and Tables
- 2 b/w illustrations, 179 illustrations in colour
- Topics
