Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley: Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan (1st ed. 2016) (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace #13)

By: Jeroen Kool

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319300368
Related ISBNs:: 9783319300351
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 09/16/19
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Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Travel, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Earth Sciences
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