Water management in Islam

Water management in Islam

Faruqui, Naser I., ed.
Biswas, Asit, K., ed.
Bino, Murad J., ed.

Tokyo; New York: United Nations University Press, 2001

Japan: Tokyo

149 p.

English

16.1

16.1; 1.2

environment [pri]; Islamic ethics [pri]

common good; international aspects; Koran; Muslim world; public policy; sunna

Africa [pri]; Middle East [pri]

International Development Research Centre

environmental ethics; hadith; maslaha; Qur'an; water conservation; water management; water reuse

Workshop on Water Resources Management in the Islamic World; Amman, Jordan; December. 1998; International Development Research Centre.

© United Nations University, 2001. All Rights Reserved

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Foreword / Caroline Pestieau -- Introduction / Naser I. Faruqui -- Islamic sources / Naser I. Faruqui, Odeh Al-Jayyousi -- Islam and water management: overview and principles / Naser I. Faruqui -- Islamic water management and the Dublin statement / Odeh Al-Jayyousi -- Islam and the environment / Hussein A. Amery -- Water conservation through public awareness based on Islamic teachings in the Eastern Mediterranean region / Sadok Atallah, M.Z. Ali Khan, Mazen Malkawi -- Water conservation through community institutions in Pakistan: mosques and religious schools / S.M.S. Shah, M.A. Baig, A.A. Khan, H.F. Gabriel -- Water demand management in Saudi Arabia / Walid A. Abderrahman -- Sociocultural acceptability of wastewater reuse in Palestine / Nader Al Khateeb -- Water rights and water trade: an Islamic perspective / M.T. Kadouri, Y. Djebbar, M. Nehdi -- Ownership and transfer of water and land in Islam / Dante A. Caponera -- Water markets and pricing in Iran / Kazem Sadr -- Intersectoral water markets in the Middle East and North Africa / Naser I. Faruqui -- Management of shared waters: a comparison of international and Islamic law / Iyad Hussein, Odeh Al-Jayyousi.

TD313.5 .W38 2001

Water resources management and policy series

Includes bibliographic references and index

9280810367 (print)