38. Dweik, 'A. The Demographic Dimension of the Water Crisis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Presented to the first engineering workshop on water in the West Bank, Jerusalem, 1990, 36 pp.
In Arabic only.

The paper comprises three sections: The first section describes the water conditions and consumption rates in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel as well as the Israeli policy of exploiting Palestinian water sources in the Occupied Territories. The second section describes the expected demographic situation in the area for the years 1992 and 1995 based on the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics' figures and projections made by the author. The expected water needs are calculated on the basis of the current consumption rates. Figures reveal a problem in fulfilling these needs. The third section describes hydrological and geopolitical reflections of the water shortage problem in the region.