Water Resources and Future Generations
This article identifies some of the intergenerational water resource problems in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip and Jordan, elaborates the theory of intergenerational equity and its implications for intragenerational equity, and applies the intergenerational lens to water problems in the region. Although this analysis is directed to water resources, it also applies to effectively nonrenewable resources (Le., oil or natural gas), to water, air and land pollution, and to renewable resources, such as forests, soils or biological resources.