Read the article

This homework is designed to prepare you to participate in group work on Monday related to the readings for the day. Rather than have you read all of the articles for the day, you will read one of them and represent the take home points to your group. You are also expected to share an analysis of your article based on the prompts given below.

 Step 1 -  Read the article  

 McKinney, D, Czekanski, AJ, Pitman, SH, Al Awar, Z and Akcay, M (2011). Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, in Transboundary Water Challenge: Case Studies. Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State. Pp. 87-94.  http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/ce397/Readings/TransboundaryWaterIssues.pdf   

Step 2 -  Work through your reading. Take your time and take note of the problems.  Consider the following questions to organize your thinking about the problems. 

- How might they be reflected in the graphics of figures 1 and 2 on the next page?

- What kind of interactions are there between agriculture and water in your reading?  

- What are the drivers and what are the impacts in the water problems of your case study? 

Step 3 -  Finally, consider how the situations outlined in these case studies fail to meet the criteria for water sustainability (Figure 3 below) detailed in the reading by Gleick, et al., (1995). Can you use Gleick’s chapter to evaluate the sustainability of water use in the region(s) discussed in your article?