All Resources: Water Security in the Middle East

J. A. Allan

Online Resources

Water in the Middle East Study Guide, Columbia University Library

IES Water Database Bibliography, University of Pennsylvania Institute for Environmental Studies

Maps

1. The Middle East and North Africa—major rivers

2. The Nile Basin

3. The Tigris-Euphrates Basin

4. The Jordan Basin

5. The Middle East—showing the security sub-complexes and the location of significant water resources. After Buzan in Buzan and Waever, 2003.

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