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Environmental Law and Management in the Gulf of Aqaba

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Sustainable development of the Gulf of Aqaba is dependent upon individual state efforts as well as regional cooperation. Although the Gulf is bordered by diverse states, each with its own political, social and cultural traditions, the area can be regarded as a single unified environmental system.

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  1. University of Oxford Wolfson College, Oxford, OX2 6UD, England

    Deborah Sandler

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  1. Negev Center for Regional Development and Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, and Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva and Sede Boker Campus, Israel

    Hendrik J. Bruins

  2. Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Harvey Lithwick

  3. School of Public Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Harvey Lithwick

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Sandler, D. (1998). Environmental Law and Management in the Gulf of Aqaba. In: Bruins, H.J., Lithwick, H. (eds) The Arid Frontier. The GeoJournal Library, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4888-7_4

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