Challenging environmental issues : : Middle Eastern perspectives / / edited by Joseph G. Jabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra.

• Superior document: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 68
• TeilnehmendeR: Jabbra, Joseph G.,; Jabbra, Nancy Walstrom,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 68.; International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (178 pages)

This volume is the result of the co-author's keen interest in better understanding the environmental problems faced by all countries in the Middle East. It is also the result of the co-authors' deep commitment to urge Middle Eastern citizens and their leaders to work together for better protection of their precious and fragile environment so that it may be saved for the enjoyment and safety of future generations. In the Middle East, geography and arid and simi-arid climatic conditions have led to a concentration of people in coastal zones and river valleys with acute water shortages, water and air pollution, increasing soil erosion, and intensifying desertification all creating serious environmental challenges. All these issues are addressed by eight leading scholars in eight chapters which include Jordan, Oman, Lebanon, Israel, Sudan, the Arabian Gulf, Iran, Syria. Contributors are Badria A. Al-Awadhi, Joseph G. Jabra, Nancy W. Jabra, Jamil E. Jreisat, Joseph A. Keckichian, Alon Tal, Rania Masri, Damazo Dut Majak, Gloria Ibrahim Saliba, and Seid M. Zekavat.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Joseph G. Jabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra -- Challenging Environmental Issues / Joseph G. Jabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra -- Environmental Management / Jamil E. Jreisat -- Emerging Environmental Concerns / Joseph A. Kechichian -- The State of the Environment in Iran / Seid M. Zekavat -- Environmental Challenges in Lebanon / Rania Masri -- An Imperiled Promised Land / Alon Tal -- Rape of Nature / Damazo Dut Majak -- Regional Instruments for the Protection of the Marine Environment in the Arabian Gulf / Badria A. Al-Awadhi -- Managing Resources, Its Socioeconomic and Environmental Consequences / Gloria Ibrahim Saliba -- Contributors / Joseph G. Jabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra.