Techno-political Water and Energy Development Alternatives in the Dead Sea and Aqaba Regions

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Water and energy will be key elements in any regional development schemes in arid regions, being the limiting factors for planned tourism/resorts, industry and commerce. Two regions may be particularly attractive for regional economic development planning: the Dead Sea region , including the territory of Israel, Palestine and Jordan; and the Aqaba/Eilat area, which includes Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. These two regions could act as showcases of cooperation between the countries of the M iddle East. This study describes both technical and political priorities for water and energy development projects, in cluding non-conventional alternatives, particularly proposed hydro-solar an d seawater pumped-storage schemes with hydropowered reverse osmosis (RO ). Technical and political im plications of these projects are examined in a framework of inter-state regional economic cooperation.

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