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Dynamics of water use in Jordan by estimates of SHI (1998)

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
1.7
2.3
2.9
3.3
5.4
6.5
8.6
11.8
Irrigation area, th.ha**
  
34
37
63
  
154
276
395
Irrigation area, th.ha***
31
34
37
63
73
      
GNP, $US per capita****
  
729
1110
1200
        
Water withdrawal, km3
0.34
0.38
0.52
0.71
0.95
1.19
1.71
2.50
Water consumption, km3
0.22
0.26
0.29
0.40
0.53
0.66
0.96
1.44
notes: * - Source: United Nations Organization
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO Production Yearbook, 1965-1994. Rome: FAO; 1995 – 2025 - SHI 1995 forecast

*** - Source: Gleick, 1998


*** - Source: World Bank / IMF – International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 1980-1994. N.Y.: World Bank/IMF
 
 

Water use of Jordan (km3/year) by data of different authors

author
  
year
1975
1987
1990
1993
2000
20251)
20252)
2030
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
    
0.57
          
WRI
withdrawal
1991-93
0.45
              
WRI
withdrawal
1997-98
0.5
              
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
    
1.06
    
3.0
2.6
  
UNSY
withdrawal
1992
    
0.57
          
Gleick
withdrawal
1993
0.45
              
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
      
0.57
        
EnvInd
withdrawal
1992
  
0.65
            
Imp.A.
withdrawal
1995
    
0.71
  
1.19
    
1.61
IrNE
withdrawal
1997
      
0.98
        

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

1) – scenario 1

2) – scenario 2

IIASA – Kulshreshtha S.N., 1993. World Water Resources & Regional Vulnerability: impact of future changes. Luxenburg: IIASA.

WRI – World Resources (1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1994, 1996, 1997-1998) – N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press.

WWDS – World Water Resources. Demand & Supply: 1990 to 2025., 1998. Scenarious & Issues. Colombo:IWMI.

UNSY – United National Statistical Yearbook 1992, 39, 1993– N.Y..:UN.

Gleick, 1993 - Water in Crisis. A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources, 1993. Edited by P. Gleick. N.Y. Oxford Univ.Press.

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

Env.Ind. – Environmental Indicators, 1992. In depth analyses of individual indicators: intensity of use of water resources. Paris, OECD.

Imp.A. – Implications of Agenda 21 for integrated water management in the ESCWA Region. 1995. Amman: UN (DPCSD)

IrrNE – Irrigation in the Near East Region in Figures. 1997. Water Report 9. Rome: FAO.