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The paper is composed of two parts. The first part presents the water scarcity problem in the region. It reviews the water supply-demand situation, with reference to Israel and the Palestinian Entity. Means of water saving are discussed and supply augmenting options are briefly mentioned. In the second part, the problems of interentity allocation of the limited water resources are discussed and an approach towards finding a solution is suggested.
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Yaron, D. (2002). An Approach to the Problem of Water Allocation to Israel and the Palestinian Entity. In: Economics of Water Resources The Contributions of Dan Yaron. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 24. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0899-1_14
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