Proposed resolutions to the Arab-Israeli water conflict that fail to consider the introduction of alternative freshwater sources in the not-too-distant future cannot be taken seriously. Each of three major forms of freshwater supply augmentation (the “unconventional supplies”) is likely to be implemented on a widespread basis in the region, thereby substantially altering the regional water bala...

Water insecurity may precipitate interpersonal conflict, although no studies to date have rigorously examined these relationships. We relationships between household demographics, water insecurity, regional and conflict over water. Using survey data from eight sub-Saharan African countries, we found that within outside the home is associated with multiple domains of particularly accessibility. ...

This paper uses game theory concepts to interpret the history of the Delta conflict, why the CALFED framework failed in making major strategic decisions, and prospects for the future. Game theory is the mathematical study of self-interested competitive and cooperative moves and countermoves for problems with more than one decision-maker. It often usefully describes the interactions of stakehold...

During the recent conflict in Yugoslavia, depleted uranium rounds were employed and were left in the battlefield. Health concern is related to the risk arising from contamination of areas in Kosovo with depleted uranium penetrators and dust. Although chemical toxicity is the most significant health risk related to uranium, radiation exposure has been allegedly related to cancers among veterans ...

Perspectives One and a half billion people live in conflict-affected and fragile states. At the last estimate in 2012, 172 million people were directly affected by war, including refugees, internally displaced people and those who were affected but did not flee. Children are twice as likely to be malnourished and twice as likely to die by the age of five years in low-income countries affected b...

Established in 1987, the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona in Tucson specializes in several important program areas relating to the environment and public health, including environmental conflict resolution, environmental policy in the Southwest, the U.S.-Mexican border environment, and American Indian policy. To promote its mission in these areas, the Udall...

This article explores the socio-economic and environmental impact ofCahora Bassa Dam and South Africa s destabilisation campaign on the communities and ecology of the Zambezi River valley in Mozambique. It argues that the historical memories and lived experiences of these riverine communities provide important insights into the history of the area and must take centre stage in any scholarly ana...