Pathway from water-conflict to water-peace in the Middle East and North Africa

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeFragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africaen_US
cg.coverage.countryIraqen_US
cg.coverage.countryLibyaen_US
cg.coverage.countrySudanen_US
cg.coverage.countrySyriaen_US
cg.coverage.countryYemenen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IQen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2LYen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SDen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SYen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2YEen_US
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Easten_US
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierMuhammad Khalifa: 0000-0002-3100-9353en_US
cg.creator.identifierMaha Al-Zu'bi: 0000-0001-9810-0103en_US
cg.creator.identifierBROUZIYNE Youssef: 0000-0001-6710-9527en_US
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://www.wri.org/aqueducten_US
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://www.worldwater.org/conflict/map/en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2025.038en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053695en_US
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - C-0020en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1751-231Xen_US
cg.journalWater Practice and Technologyen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorKhalifa, Muhammaden_US
dc.contributor.authorAl-Zu’bi, Mahaen_US
dc.contributor.authorBrouziyne, Youssefen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-25T04:46:33Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-03-25T04:46:33Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173829en_US
dc.titlePathway from water-conflict to water-peace in the Middle East and North Africaen_US
dcterms.abstractThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with its arid and semi-arid climate, faces profound challenges in managing limited water resources. These challenges are further intensified by political tensions and socioeconomic inequalities, often resulting in water being an essential element in conflicts and tensions. Particularly during the last decade, the number of conflicts involving water has increased dramatically in MENA. This research explores the dynamics of water’s role in conflicts, actors and scales of conflict across five fragile MENA countries, where it serves as a weapon, a catalyst, and a casualty. The analysis revealed a significant increase in the number of water-related incidents during the last two decades in these countries, with devastating implications on multiple social, economic, and security dimensions. The study suggests a concentric circle transformation (CCT) framework with three tiers of strategies: foundational, supportive, and expansive to help move from water-conflict to water-peace in MENA. These strategies, with examples of interventions, support transformation to water-peace by integrating soft interventions like empowering local communities, raising awareness, with hard interventions such as building resilient infrastructures and leveraging the power of innovative technological solutions. The framework offers scalable and adaptable solutions for regions facing similar challenges globally.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2025-03-03en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKhalifa, Muhammad; Al-Zu’bi, Maha; Brouziyne, Youssef. 2025. Pathway from water-conflict to water-peace in the Middle East and North Africa. Water Practice and Technology, 20(3):671-684. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2025.038]en_US
dcterms.extent20(3):671-684.en_US
dcterms.issued2025-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherIWA Publishingen_US
dcterms.subjectwater scarcityen_US
dcterms.subjectconflictsen_US
dcterms.subjectframeworksen_US
dcterms.subjectstrategiesen_US
dcterms.subjectinterventionen_US
dcterms.subjectawareness-raisingen_US
dcterms.subjectwater resourcesen_US
dcterms.subjectwater availabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectpolitical aspectsen_US
dcterms.subjectsocioeconomic aspectsen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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