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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Political Economy of Conflict Over Water Rights in The Jordan Valley From 1890 to Present
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis thesis examines the relationship between conflict over water rights and economic development in the Jordan Valley from 1890 to present. The thesis explores the possibility that economic development in the Jordan Valley could work to reduce conflict over water rights by reducing scarcity and creating new opportunities for exchange between water users.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Economics
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Wishart, David Merkle
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8521905
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70761