Part I Introduction 1. Cultures of Water Management Hiroshi Nawata and Makoto Taniguchi Part II Civilization, Religion, and Urbanization in Water Management 2. The Traditional Concept of Water in Islamic Egypt Tsugitaka Sato 3. Aspects of Policy and Decision Making Regarding Nile Flood Control in 14th-Century Mamluk Egypt Takenori Yoshimura 4. Water Culture with Canals and Groundwater in Thailand Makoto Taniguchi 5. Water Culture and its Role in Water Management: A Case Study of the Middle Reach of the Red River Xiao Yun Zheng Part III Qanats : Comparisons of a Traditional Water Management System 6. Comparative Study of Qanats in the Islamic World Iwao Kobori 7. Traditional Water Management Systems in Iran: Focus on Qanats (or Karezes ) Ali Asghar Semsar Yazdi 8.
The role of Water Management in the Political History of Iran Zohre Cheraghi Part IV Sustainability and Diversity of Oasis Agriculture 9. The "Oasis Concept": Part of a Sustainability Paradigm for Applying Traditional Knowledge to Current Environmental Issues Pietro Laureano 10. Agrobiodiversity in Date Palm Oases: Case Study of In Belbel and Matriouen in Algerian Sahara Abderrahmane Benkhalifa 11. Short-Term Changes in a Saharan Oasis: Water Supply, Farm Expansion, and the Habitation Movement Shun Ishiyama Part V Cultures of Development Projects: Drinking Water, Food Security, and Monitoring 12. Availability of Drinking Water in the Sahel Region Fumiko Hakoyama 13. Water and Food Security in the Arabian Peninsula: Struggling for More Action Ahmed T. Moustafa, Abdul Wahid Jasra, and Abdullah Al Shankiti 14. Remote Sensing Methods for Surface Run-Off, Soil Moisture and Alien Invasive Species Control in African Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Buho Hoshino, Hiroshi Nawata, Abdelaziz Karamalla Gaiballa, Kiyotsugu Yoda, and Hiroshi Yasuda Part VI Conflict Resolution Through Water Management 15.
The Iraqi Mesopotamian Marshlands: Environmental Crisis Mirrors the Cumulative Impact within the Tigris and Euphrates Basin Ryuichi Fukuhara 16. Water Conflict and Negotiations in the Post-Oslo Period Aiko Nishikida 17. A New Horizon for Peace in the Middle East Involving Water and Energy Masahiro Murakami Part VII Conclusion 18. Water as the Key to the Earth''s Future: "To be Poor without Resentment is Difficult. To be Rich without Arrogance is Easy." Hiroshi Nawata Part I Introduction 1. Cultures of Water Management Hiroshi Nawata and Makoto Taniguchi Part II Civilization, Religion, and Urbanization in Water Management 2. The Traditional Concept of Water in Islamic Egypt Tsugitaka Sato 3.
Aspects of Policy and Decision Making Regarding Nile Flood Control in 14th-Century Mamluk Egypt Takenori Yoshimura 4. Water Culture with Canals and Groundwater in Thailand Makoto Taniguchi 5. Water Culture and its Role in Water Management: A Case Study of the Middle Reach of the Red River Xiao Yun Zheng Part III Qanats : Comparisons of a Traditional Water Management System 6. Comparative Study of Qanats in the Islamic World Iwao Kobori 7. Traditional Water Management Systems in Iran: Focus on Qanats (or Karezes ) Ali Asghar Semsar Yazdi 8. The role of Water Management in the Political History of Iran Zohre Cheraghi Part IV Sustainability and Diversity of Oasis Agriculture 9. The "Oasis Concept": Part of a Sustainability Paradigm for Applying Traditional Knowledge to Current Environmental Issues Pietro Laureano 10. Agrobiodiversity in Date Palm Oases: Case Study of In Belbel and Matriouen in Algerian Sahara Abderrahmane Benkhalifa 11.
Short-Term Changes in a Saharan Oasis: Water Supply, Farm Expansion, and the Habitation Movement Shun Ishiyama Part V Cultures of Development Projects: Drinking Water, Food Security, and Monitoring 12. Availability of Drinking Water in the Sahel Region Fumiko Hakoyama 13. Water and Food Security in the Arabian Peninsula: Struggling for More Action Ahmed T. Moustafa, Abdul Wahid Jasra, and Abdullah Al Shankiti 14. Remote Sensing Methods for Surface Run-Off, Soil Moisture and Alien Invasive Species Control in African Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Buho Hoshino, Hiroshi Nawata, Abdelaziz Karamalla Gaiballa, Kiyotsugu Yoda, and Hiroshi Yasuda Part VI Conflict Resolution Through Water Management 15. The Iraqi Mesopotamian Marshlands: Environmental Crisis Mirrors the Cumulative Impact within the Tigris and Euphrates Basin Ryuichi Fukuhara 16. Water Conflict and Negotiations in the Post-Oslo Period Aiko Nishikida 17. A New Horizon for Peace in the Middle East Involving Water and Energy Masahiro Murakami Part VII Conclusion 18.
Water as the Key to the Earth''s Future: "To be Poor without Resentment is Difficult. To be Rich without Arrogance is Easy." Hiroshi Nawata.