Water Resources and Conflict in the Middle East

Kliot, Nurit

doi:10.4324/9780203976937

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“…The potential water demand and water availability were compared with previous studies of Kliot [20], Kolars [21], Altinbilek [22], Beaumont [23] and UN [24] ( Table 9). The results showed that the average water demand in Iraq in 2020 will increase to 72.069 km 3 •year −1 (42.844 km 3 •year −1 for Tigris and Euphrates 29.225 km 3 •year −1…”

Section: Water Demandmentioning

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Expected Future of Water Resources within Tigris-Euphrates Rivers Basin, Iraq

Issa¹,

Al‐Ansari²,

Sherwany³

et al. 2014

JWARP

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Iraq is one of the riparian countries within basins of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers in the Middle East region. The region is currently facing water shortage problems due to the increase of the demand and climate changes. In the present study, average monthly water flow measurements for 15 stream flow gaging stations within basins of these rivers in Iraq with population growth rate data in some of its part were used to evaluate the reality of the current situation and future challenges of water availability and demand in Iraq

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Section: Water Demandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Expected Future of Water Resources within Tigris-Euphrates Rivers Basin, Iraq

Issa¹,

Al‐Ansari²,

Sherwany³

et al. 2014

JWARP

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“…Different studies provide different water demand for riparian states because it is extremely difficult to obtain accurate statistics as to the area of irrigated land in riparian states and to predict the maximum evaporation losses for all the reservoirs in the basin (Beaumont 1998). Ibrahim and Sonmez (2002) mention the total demand on the Tigris River as 54470 MCM/yr, Kolars (1994) argues it to be 35900 MCM/yr, Kliot (1994) mentions 47700 MCM/yr, and Altinbilek (1997) evaluates it at about 39900 MCM/yr. Beaumont (1998) revised the previous studies and estimates the minimum and maximum water demand of riparian states on the Tigris river to be about 44400 and 68300 MCM/yr, respectively.…”

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“…For instance, they argue that Turkey contributes about 98 % to the Euphrates. Data on the water demand of each riparian country are available in (Kliot 1994;Kolars 1994;Altinbilek 1997;Beaumont 1998;Ibrahim and Sonmez 2002;Kucukmehmetoglu 2009). Different studies provide different water demand for riparian states because it is extremely difficult to obtain accurate statistics as to the area of irrigated land in riparian states and to predict the maximum evaporation losses for all the reservoirs in the basin (Beaumont 1998).…”

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Weighted Bankruptcy Rules and Transboundary Water Resources Allocation

Mianabadi

Mostert

Pande

et al. 2015

Water Resour Manage

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One significant problem of transboundary river basins causing various challenges and disputes throughout the world is that because of increasing water resource variability and consumption, the water demand often exceeds water availability. Hence, one of the main challenges in transboundary river basin management is how to allocate the available water among the riparian states equitably and reasonably. In this study, we propose a novel weighted bankruptcy solution method to cope with the problem of demands or Bclaims^exceeding resources or Bassets^. Certain desirable key properties of the proposed method are provided. Furthermore, we investigate its application to the Tigris River, a shared river among Turkey, Syria and Iraq, as a real case. The available water is allocated under two different situations: homogeneous and heterogeneous group. We use the Shapley Value and compare the solution with other allocation methods applied in this study. The results suggest that this new rule may facilitate negotiation in solving conflict over the allocation of water in transboundary river basins.

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“…[43] Data on the water contributions of each riparian country are available in the work of Kolars [1986Kolars [ , 1992Kolars [ , 1994, Kolars and Mitchell [1991], Kliot [1994], and Bagis [1989]. From those figures, for each tributary of the Euphrates and the Tigris a tributary flow amount is derived.…”

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Coalition possibility of riparian countries via game theory and fuzzy logic models

Küçükmehmetoğlu

Şen

Özger

2010

Water Resources Research

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[1] In many respects, water resources allocation problems have fuzzy characteristics owing to uncertainty and imprecision not only as numerical data but also as linguistic data, in addition to the political nature of resource allocation. All classical techniques require numerical data and cannot treat linguistic data, but fuzzy inference systems (FIS) can deal with both types of data. Hence, it is suitable to reflect the dynamic nature of country benefits, reflective variations in the main drainage and subdrainage basin flows, and various system parameters in search of a coalition among a few riparian countries. The size of core, which is generated from a series of linear programming (LP) optimization models and game theory concepts, shows the potential extra benefit advantage of being in grand coalition to all parties, but it does not provide a sufficient condition to assemble a robust coalition unless an agreeable allocation scheme or principle is provided. In this respect, there is a fuzzy link between being in the grand coalition and percentage share received from a core. Hence, a proper FIS is proposed, and the necessary steps are developed with the Shapley value and the core as game theory methods, which provide a methodological base in the evaluation of possible allocation schemes among the parties. The application of the methodology is presented to search for coalition possibilities among the riparian countries: Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Basic results are generated over the application of the Inter-Temporal Euphrates and Tigris River Basin Model, which is an optimization model for the allocation of scarce water resources considering agricultural and urban uses, energy generation, and conveyance costs in the Euphrates-Tigris basin.Citation: Kucukmehmetoglu, M., Z. Şen, and M. Özger (2010), Coalition possibility of riparian countries via game theory and fuzzy logic models, Water Resour. Res., 46, W12528,

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Water Resources and Conflict in the Middle East

Cited by 47 publications

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Expected Future of Water Resources within Tigris-Euphrates Rivers Basin, Iraq

Expected Future of Water Resources within Tigris-Euphrates Rivers Basin, Iraq

Weighted Bankruptcy Rules and Transboundary Water Resources Allocation

Coalition possibility of riparian countries via game theory and fuzzy logic models

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