Goals

The project will provide a comprehensive understanding of the past, present and future relationships between water and human settlement in the MENA region with a specific focus on the Jordan Valley. It will make a seminal contribution to:

• the understanding of past water availability and the consequent major changes in human settlement from 20,000 BC to the present day;

• the ability to simulate present day hydrology in semi-arid regions of the MENA and to evaluate its impact on human activity;

• predicting future changes in water availability for the MENA region and hence the constraints under which social and economic development, particularly agriculture, must occur.

General Information about the Project

• WLC project Newsletter Ocotber 2006

• Leverhulme newsletter article that gives a general introduction to the project

• Introductory presentation

• Flyer with basic information about the project

• Original application submitted to the Leverhulme Trust

Background information about the research

• Time periods that the project will focus on

Last updated: 15 November, 2006