Water Resources of Jordan

Abstract

This series aims to publish books, monographs and contributed volumes on water resources in the world, with particular focus per volume on water resources of a particular country or region. With the freshwater supplies becoming an increasingly important and scarce commodity, it is important to have under one cover up to date literature published on water resources and their management, e.g. lessons learnt or details from one river basin may be quite useful for other basins. Also, it is important that national and international river basins are managed, keeping each country's interest and environment in mind. The need for dialog is being heightened by climate change and global warming. It is hoped that the Series will make a contribution to this dialog. The volumes in the series ideally would follow a "Three Part" approach as outlined below: In the chapters in the first Part Sources of Freshwater would be covered, like water resources of river basins; water resources of lake basins, including surface water and under river flow; groundwater; desalination; and snow cover/ice caps. In the second Part the chapters would include topics like: Water Use and Consumption, e.g. irrigation, industrial, domestic, recreational etc. In the third Part in different chapters more miscellaneous items can be covered like impacts of anthropogenic effects on water resources;

Applications of Green Architecture in Vernacular Dwelling Architecture-A Case Study from Jordan

“…The concept of facilitation extends to all aspects from the plot of land to the elements and components of the dwelling building, the method and materials used for its construction and even equipment. There are several economic factors that affected the cost of the dwelling building in Jordan, including successive migrations from neighbouring countries from Palestine, Iraq and Syria, and an increase in natural population growth, where it was 2.4% [6]. Which led to an increase in land prices, which varies from city to city where it was the most expensive in major cities such as Amman and Zarqa, which led to appear multi-story housing in the beginning of the nineties of the last century, and this led to an increase in the cost of building materials, Construction costs for limestone facade amounted to 250 JD per square meter to 500 JD depending on the price of lands and quality of construction.…”

“…On the other hand, the east and north oriented areas are more used during the summer period. (6). Find climate solutions to achieve a healthy environmental space in terms of good ventilation, natural lighting and the provision of comfort space.…”

Dynamics of hydrological and geomorphological processes in evaporite karst at the eastern Dead Sea – a multidisciplinary study

“…Moreover, karst systems in young evaporites are characterized by a more dynamic, changing flow system due to the instability of the flow tubes (Ford and Williams, 2007). Baseflow in these conduits may be of very low discharge, and surface flow may only occur rarely in ephemeral wadis (dry river valleys), where water often flows beneath the surface (Goode et al, 2013;Price, 2013;Salameh et al, 2018).…”

Assessment of Reservoir Water Quality Using Water Quality Indices: A Case Study from Jordan.

“…The dam was constructed within the Zarqa River basin with an estimated catchment area of 3400 km 2 . The dam was previously used to supply water for municipal use in Amman (Capital of Jordan) region, but due to the high pollution levels in the dam, its water is used now for irrigation in the Jordan Valley [9][10][11]. Zarqa River and Wadi Rmemeen are the main two sources of water in KTD.…”

“…Wadi Rmemeen is the second source of water in KTD and composed of the effluents from Al-Baqa'a WWTP and some water springs. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the Zarqa basin contribute about more than 50 % of the water effluent entering KTD [8,9,12]. In addition to the effluents of WWTPs, other sources of pollution that directly or indirectly affect the water quality of the dam include industrial wastewater discharges, reaching the dam via Zarqa River; urban activities including cesspools, runoff, and transportation; agricultural runoff; and leachate from landfills [11,[13][14][15].…”