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Dr. Hussam Hussein
University of Oxford

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Editorial
Published: 20 January 2021 in Water
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After more than three years of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 2019 World Water Week in Stockholm chose to focus on inclusiveness with the theme “Water for society—Including all”

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Guillermo Donoso; Jennie Barron; Stefan Uhlenbrook; Hussam Hussein; Gyewoon Choi. Science—Policy Engagement to Achieve “Water for Society—Including All”. Water 2021, 13, 246 .

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Guillermo Donoso, Jennie Barron, Stefan Uhlenbrook, Hussam Hussein, Gyewoon Choi. Science—Policy Engagement to Achieve “Water for Society—Including All”. Water. 2021; 13 (3):246.

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Guillermo Donoso; Jennie Barron; Stefan Uhlenbrook; Hussam Hussein; Gyewoon Choi. 2021. "Science—Policy Engagement to Achieve “Water for Society—Including All”." Water 13, no. 3: 246.

Journal article
Published: 14 December 2020 in Sustainability
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The acceleration of economic development and rising standards of living have made energy security a top priority for policy makers worldwide. The issue of securing energy is particularly challenging for Jordan, which suffers from scarcity of natural resources, combined with the regional instability and conflicts. Based on desk research and on experts’ interviews, this study discusses the status quo of the energy sector in Jordan, its main challenges, and future aspirations. It thus contributes to the debate on how Jordan can ensure environmental, economic, social, and political sustainability of its energy sector. Jordan’s energy security has been historically linked to its relations with the neighboring countries and thus vulnerable to external shocks and outside political events. Notwithstanding reform efforts to reduce dependency from imports and some progress in diversifying the energy mix, energy security remains critical: the country imports around 94% of its energy, which represents approximately 10% of GDP. The growing domestic demand, which increases at a yearly rate of 3%, further adds to the pressure to envision strategies towards a more sustainable energy sector. These strategies will need to include investment in renewable energy, the reduction of energy consumption via increasing energy efficiency, and also synergic agreements with other countries. The interviewed experts highlighted the importance of governance for the successful implementation of these strategies. The creation of an enabling environment should go hand in hand with the involvement of all key stakeholders from energy and related sectors, into the development of a future vision of a sustainable energy sector.

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Serena Sandri; Hussam Hussein; Nooh Alshyab. Sustainability of the Energy Sector in Jordan: Challenges and Opportunities. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10465 .

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Serena Sandri, Hussam Hussein, Nooh Alshyab. Sustainability of the Energy Sector in Jordan: Challenges and Opportunities. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10465.

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Serena Sandri; Hussam Hussein; Nooh Alshyab. 2020. "Sustainability of the Energy Sector in Jordan: Challenges and Opportunities." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10465.

Research article
Published: 30 July 2020 in Mediterranean Politics
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The number of massive hydraulic infrastructures such as large-scale dams, huge hydropower plants, and broad irrigation networks has increased to an unprecedented level during the twentieth century. While the trend has recently slowed, building giant water infrastructures is still an utmost priority in many parts of the world across state elites. Informed by insights from major transboundary waterscapes – the river basins of the Euphrates-Tigris and the Nile – this paper analyses how states´ elites justify their hydraulic mission, finding that four distinctive discursive practices are efficiently used in the case studies: securitization, opportunization, de-politicization, and framing.

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Hussam Hussein; Ahmet Conker; Mattia Grandi. Small is beautiful but not trendy: Understanding the allure of big hydraulic works in the Euphrates-Tigris and Nile waterscapes. Mediterranean Politics 2020, 1 -24.

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Hussam Hussein, Ahmet Conker, Mattia Grandi. Small is beautiful but not trendy: Understanding the allure of big hydraulic works in the Euphrates-Tigris and Nile waterscapes. Mediterranean Politics. 2020; ():1-24.

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Hussam Hussein; Ahmet Conker; Mattia Grandi. 2020. "Small is beautiful but not trendy: Understanding the allure of big hydraulic works in the Euphrates-Tigris and Nile waterscapes." Mediterranean Politics , no. : 1-24.

Journal article
Published: 08 April 2020 in Water
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This article investigates Qatar’s sustainability crisis of the high levels of water, electricity and food use. The high levels of consumption have been enabled by Qatar’s significant hydrocarbons wealth, a generous rentier state’s redistributive water governance, and structural dependence on imported food and food production subsidies. The water crisis is silent because it does not generate supply disruptions nor any public discontentment. The geopolitical blockade Qatar is experiencing sparked discussions in policy circles on the best ways to ensure food security, but has only exacerbated its water insecurity. The blockade makes more urgent than ever the necessity to maximize and increase synergies among different sectors.

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Hussam Hussein; Laurent A. Lambert. A Rentier State under Blockade: Qatar’s Water-Energy-Food Predicament from Energy Abundance and Food Insecurity to a Silent Water Crisis. Water 2020, 12, 1051 .

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Hussam Hussein, Laurent A. Lambert. A Rentier State under Blockade: Qatar’s Water-Energy-Food Predicament from Energy Abundance and Food Insecurity to a Silent Water Crisis. Water. 2020; 12 (4):1051.

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Hussam Hussein; Laurent A. Lambert. 2020. "A Rentier State under Blockade: Qatar’s Water-Energy-Food Predicament from Energy Abundance and Food Insecurity to a Silent Water Crisis." Water 12, no. 4: 1051.

Journal article
Published: 20 February 2020 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Research has tackled the physical expansion of urban growth and concomitant rural-urban transformation of land use in many parts of the world, but this phenomenon remained largely overlooked in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. To fill this knowledge gap, this study investigated land use changes from the 1970s to 2018 in the cities of Luxor and Cairo in Egypt, and of Aqaba and Amman in Jordan using different Landsat datasets. Land cover classifications were performed using the Maximum Likelihood Algorithm and Spectral Angle Mapper. In all four cities peri-urban green areas shrunk or shifted due to increased expansion of built-up areas. The largest reductions of peri-urban green areas were observed for Amman and Luxor, which decreased by 122.4 km2 and 17.2 km2, respectively, over the study period. For Cairo, an increase of peri-urban green area by 29 km2 was detected, but its location shifted over the last five decades due to urban expansion. In 2018, green areas (urban and peri-urban) on a per-capita basis were 4.6, 12, 91, and 142 m2/capita for Aqaba, Cairo, Amman, and Luxor, respectively. Land cover changes reflected critical political events like the so-called “Arab Spring”, international treaties, recent migration waves and population growth. Rapid increases in urban built-up area put pressure on scarce land and water resources in the peri-urban fringes, thereby potentially leading to environmental stress. Effective city planning is needed to address the multiple challenges and competing interests of urban and peri-urban environments.

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Peter Riad; Sophie Graefe; Hussam Hussein; Andreas Buerkert. Landscape transformation processes in two large and two small cities in Egypt and Jordan over the last five decades using remote sensing data. Landscape and Urban Planning 2020, 197, 103766 .

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Peter Riad, Sophie Graefe, Hussam Hussein, Andreas Buerkert. Landscape transformation processes in two large and two small cities in Egypt and Jordan over the last five decades using remote sensing data. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2020; 197 ():103766.

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Peter Riad; Sophie Graefe; Hussam Hussein; Andreas Buerkert. 2020. "Landscape transformation processes in two large and two small cities in Egypt and Jordan over the last five decades using remote sensing data." Landscape and Urban Planning 197, no. : 103766.

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Published: 22 January 2020 in Water
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Since the Syrian crisis and the so-called “Arab Spring”, new discourses have been created, sparking the discursive water governance debates around water scarcity and hydropolitics. In Lebanon and Jordan—where most water resources are transboundary, and where most Syrian refugees have flown in—new discourses of climate change and especially of Syrian refugees as exacerbating water scarcity are emerging, shaping water governance debates. The aim of this paper is to engage in comparative discourse analysis about narratives of water crises and refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. This study is novel because of the focus on the new discourse of refugees in relation to water governance debates in both Lebanon and Jordan. This paper finds that in both countries the new discourses of refugees do not replace previous and existing discourses of water crisis and scarcity, but rather they build on and reinforce them. This paper finds that the impact these discourses had on the governance debates is that in Lebanon the resources mobilized focused on humanitarian interventions, while Jordan focused on development projects to strengthen the resilience of its water infrastructure and its overall water governance system.

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Hussam Hussein; Alberto Natta; Abed Al Kareem Yehya; Baha Hamadna. Syrian Refugees, Water Scarcity, and Dynamic Policies: How Do the New Refugee Discourses Impact Water Governance Debates in Lebanon and Jordan? Water 2020, 12, 325 .

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Hussam Hussein, Alberto Natta, Abed Al Kareem Yehya, Baha Hamadna. Syrian Refugees, Water Scarcity, and Dynamic Policies: How Do the New Refugee Discourses Impact Water Governance Debates in Lebanon and Jordan? Water. 2020; 12 (2):325.

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Hussam Hussein; Alberto Natta; Abed Al Kareem Yehya; Baha Hamadna. 2020. "Syrian Refugees, Water Scarcity, and Dynamic Policies: How Do the New Refugee Discourses Impact Water Governance Debates in Lebanon and Jordan?" Water 12, no. 2: 325.

Journal article
Published: 13 December 2019 in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
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The Orontes River Basin is among the least researched transboundary water basins in the Middle East. The few studies on the Orontes have two main theoretical and empirical shortcomings. First, there is a lack of critical hydropolitics studies on this river. Second, those studies focus on either the Turkish–Syrian or Lebanese–Syria relations rather than analysing the case in a holistic way. Gathering both primary (international agreements, government documents, political statements and media outlets) and secondary sources, this paper seeks to answer how could Syria, as the basin hydro-hegemon, impose its control on the basin? This study argues that the lack of trilateral initiatives, which is also reflected in academic studies, is primarily due to asymmetrical power dynamics. Accordingly, Syria played a dual-game by excluding each riparian, Turkey and Lebanon, and it dealt with the issue at the bilateral interaction. Syria has used its political influence to maintain water control vis-à-vis Lebanon, while it has used non-cooperation with Turkey to exclude Turkey from decision-making processes. The paper also argues that the historical background and the political context have strongly informed Syria’s water policy. Finally, given the recent regional political developments, the paper finds that Syria’s power grip on the Orontes Basin slowly fades away because of the changes in the broader political context.

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Ahmet Conker; Hussam Hussein. Hydropolitics and issue-linkage along the Orontes River Basin: an analysis of the Lebanon–Syria and Syria–Turkey hydropolitical relations. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 2019, 20, 103 -121.

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Ahmet Conker, Hussam Hussein. Hydropolitics and issue-linkage along the Orontes River Basin: an analysis of the Lebanon–Syria and Syria–Turkey hydropolitical relations. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 2019; 20 (1):103-121.

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Ahmet Conker; Hussam Hussein. 2019. "Hydropolitics and issue-linkage along the Orontes River Basin: an analysis of the Lebanon–Syria and Syria–Turkey hydropolitical relations." International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 20, no. 1: 103-121.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2019 in Water
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This article examines water awareness campaign messaging of the Water Efficiency and Public Information for Action (WEPIA) campaign. Using Jordanian government documents and structured interviews, it argues that the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) promotes water awareness campaigns to shape water users’ habits and perspectives on water. The goal of this strategy is to align popular concerns about water security with government concerns over state security, i.e., to create responsible water citizens. This article suggests that the Jordanian MWI seeks to shape citizens’ water behavior through two key strategies. First, it convinces the population to shift its habits using ideas of national responsibility for the nation’s water network. Second, it disseminates a topically diverse combination of water awareness materials to the Jordanian population to shape their water habits in a manner that supports state security.

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Skylar Benedict; Hussam Hussein. An Analysis of Water Awareness Campaign Messaging in the Case of Jordan: Water Conservation for State Security. Water 2019, 11, 1156 .

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Skylar Benedict, Hussam Hussein. An Analysis of Water Awareness Campaign Messaging in the Case of Jordan: Water Conservation for State Security. Water. 2019; 11 (6):1156.

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Skylar Benedict; Hussam Hussein. 2019. "An Analysis of Water Awareness Campaign Messaging in the Case of Jordan: Water Conservation for State Security." Water 11, no. 6: 1156.

Journal article
Published: 24 May 2019 in Water Policy
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The water agreement between Jordan and Israel, created as part of their peace treaty in 1994, set out detailed allocations terms to which both countries have respectively abided since its inception. But after two and a half decades, the water agreement terms no longer appear as equitable considering the social, economic, and environmental changes that have occurred in the region as a whole and within the two countries individually. This paper analyzes the status of the treaty terms in light of changes seen within both countries regarding the factors laid out by the United Nations as relevant to determining equitable apportionment among riparian nations. The analysis suggests that a renegotiation of the water agreement terms is warranted due in large part to changes in population and the availability of alternative water resources (desalination and treated wastewater). While no explicit recommendations are made as to what a future treaty's terms should include, this paper presents evidence of a changing ground reality that deserves greater consideration in reaching a more equitable and sustainable water agreement for the decades to come.

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Samer Talozi; Amelia Altz-Stamm; Hussam Hussein; Peter Reich. What constitutes an equitable water share? A reassessment of equitable apportionment in the Jordan–Israel water agreement 25 years later. Water Policy 2019, 21, 911 -933.

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Samer Talozi, Amelia Altz-Stamm, Hussam Hussein, Peter Reich. What constitutes an equitable water share? A reassessment of equitable apportionment in the Jordan–Israel water agreement 25 years later. Water Policy. 2019; 21 (5):911-933.

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Samer Talozi; Amelia Altz-Stamm; Hussam Hussein; Peter Reich. 2019. "What constitutes an equitable water share? A reassessment of equitable apportionment in the Jordan–Israel water agreement 25 years later." Water Policy 21, no. 5: 911-933.

Journal article
Published: 06 January 2019 in Geoforum
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This article analyses the production of scale in the La Plata River Basin and Guarani Aquifer System within regional hydropolitics in South America. We argue that different political and ecological scales acquire prominence according to the national political goals at stake, reproducing multi-scalar politics within and beyond South America. To support this argument, this article presents a literature review on the concept of scale in geography that explores the production of, and interaction among scales. The article then takes a historical approach to the evolving scales associated with the cases of the La Plata River Basin and Guarani Aquifer System to show how Brazil exerts hydropolitical regional hegemony through the construction of infrastructure and signing of agreements and treaties. Rather than a simple case of conflict or cooperation over water resources, these episodes represent a continuum of political interactions engendered by specific political goals and involving different social actors.

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Luis Paulo Batista da Silva; Hussam Hussein. Production of scale in regional hydropolitics: An analysis of La Plata River Basin and the Guarani Aquifer System in South America. Geoforum 2019, 99, 42 -53.

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Luis Paulo Batista da Silva, Hussam Hussein. Production of scale in regional hydropolitics: An analysis of La Plata River Basin and the Guarani Aquifer System in South America. Geoforum. 2019; 99 ():42-53.

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Luis Paulo Batista da Silva; Hussam Hussein. 2019. "Production of scale in regional hydropolitics: An analysis of La Plata River Basin and the Guarani Aquifer System in South America." Geoforum 99, no. : 42-53.

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Published: 04 January 2019 in Sustainability
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Water resource development has always been considered as a strategic tool by the Turkish ruling elites to reach food and energy security, as well as to enhance domestic peace and stability since the foundation of the Republic of Turkey. Therefore, the concept of “hydraulic mission” fits this strategic understanding, and it has become a prevailing paradigm in Turkey’s water resource development. Many academic works have already been conducted to understand how Turkey has waged an ambitious hydraulic mission by securitizing its water resource development primarily on economic and political bases. However, fewer studies have shown how the Turkish ruling elites have also considered Turkey’s extensive hydraulic development, sanctioned by the hydraulic mission, as a foreign policy tool to enhance its influence at the international level. Drawing primarily upon the concept of opportunitisation and the body of literature that looks at, albeit indirectly, the international aspect of the hydraulic mission, this study fills this gap in the literature by looking at three case studies: The Southeastern Anatolian Project (GAP), the Water Export Initiatives to the Middle East, and the Water Transfer Project to Cyprus, namely the Peace Water Project. Being informed by an in-depth investigation of those three case studies, this study argues that ambitious hydraulic development projects conducted by the Turkish government do not only serve to keep peace and stability at the domestic level, but they are also strategic tools to enhance Turkey’s influence abroad. However, this study also shows the limits of Turkey’s hydraulic mission abroad. While Turkey promotes those water initiatives as tools for improving regional peace and stability, they are challenged by the recipient countries on social, economic, and political bases.

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Ahmet Conker; Hussam Hussein. Hydraulic Mission at Home, Hydraulic Mission abroad? Examining Turkey’s Regional ‘Pax-Aquarum’ and Its Limits. Sustainability 2019, 11, 228 .

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Ahmet Conker, Hussam Hussein. Hydraulic Mission at Home, Hydraulic Mission abroad? Examining Turkey’s Regional ‘Pax-Aquarum’ and Its Limits. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (1):228.

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Ahmet Conker; Hussam Hussein. 2019. "Hydraulic Mission at Home, Hydraulic Mission abroad? Examining Turkey’s Regional ‘Pax-Aquarum’ and Its Limits." Sustainability 11, no. 1: 228.

Original article
Published: 03 January 2019 in Environmental Earth Sciences
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The governorate of Irbid has the highest population density in Jordan and most of its water demand is supplied by groundwater. Both natural population growth and waves of migrations increased the number of its inhabitants during the last 40 years. This population growth has increased: the amount of land covered by urban and agricultural development over this time period; and the groundwater demand by 227% due to increasing of drinking water demand, urban water usage and for agricultural irrigation. As a result of the continuous pumping, groundwater levels have decreased by about 70 m and the salinity of pumped groundwater has increased by about 1000 µS/cm in some areas. A conceptual model to account for the observed changes in groundwater levels and salinity has been developed through an integrated approach of remote sensing and geographic information systems.

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Taleb Odeh; Alsharifa Hind Mohammad; Hussam Hussein; Mamoon Ismail; Thair Almomani. Over-pumping of groundwater in Irbid governorate, northern Jordan: a conceptual model to analyze the effects of urbanization and agricultural activities on groundwater levels and salinity. Environmental Earth Sciences 2019, 78, 40 .

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Taleb Odeh, Alsharifa Hind Mohammad, Hussam Hussein, Mamoon Ismail, Thair Almomani. Over-pumping of groundwater in Irbid governorate, northern Jordan: a conceptual model to analyze the effects of urbanization and agricultural activities on groundwater levels and salinity. Environmental Earth Sciences. 2019; 78 (1):40.

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Taleb Odeh; Alsharifa Hind Mohammad; Hussam Hussein; Mamoon Ismail; Thair Almomani. 2019. "Over-pumping of groundwater in Irbid governorate, northern Jordan: a conceptual model to analyze the effects of urbanization and agricultural activities on groundwater levels and salinity." Environmental Earth Sciences 78, no. 1: 40.

Journal article
Published: 02 January 2019 in Water International
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Hussam Hussein. An analysis of the framings of water scarcity in the Jordanian national water strategy. Water International 2019, 44, 6 -13.

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Hussam Hussein. An analysis of the framings of water scarcity in the Jordanian national water strategy. Water International. 2019; 44 (1):6-13.

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Hussam Hussein. 2019. "An analysis of the framings of water scarcity in the Jordanian national water strategy." Water International 44, no. 1: 6-13.

Book review
Published: 11 December 2018 in Water International
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Hussam Hussein. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin: implications for transboundary water cooperation. Water International 2018, 44, 77 -80.

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Hussam Hussein. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin: implications for transboundary water cooperation. Water International. 2018; 44 (1):77-80.

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Hussam Hussein. 2018. "The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin: implications for transboundary water cooperation." Water International 44, no. 1: 77-80.

Journal article
Published: 11 October 2018 in Sustainability
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This article contributes to critical sustainability studies through an interrogation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their action towards improving access to water and sanitation. This is done through an analysis of ‘SDG 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all’, specifically focusing on Target 6.5: ‘By 2030, implement integrated water-resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate’, and its related Indicator 6.5.2, ‘Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation’. While on paper Target 6.5 might seem relatively unproblematic, this article shows that its implementation could have some unintended practical implications for countries sharing transboundary waters. This article fine-tunes SDG 6.5.2 by suggesting two additional qualitative steps to improve the indicator. These qualitative dimensions are deemed extremely important for two reasons: the first one is the need to unfold and tackle inequitable water agreements; the second reason is to assess, recognize, and promote the role of civil society, NGOs, and technical and informal cooperation as a positive path toward the actual achievement of formal cooperation. The two steps that we propose are deemed essential if the United Nations (UN) is going to include SDG 6.5.2 as a proactive tool in the achievement of “implementing integrated water-resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate”, as declared in the 2030 agenda.

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Hussam Hussein; Filippo Menga; Francesca Greco. Monitoring Transboundary Water Cooperation in SDG 6.5.2: How a Critical Hydropolitics Approach Can Spot Inequitable Outcomes. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3640 .

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Hussam Hussein, Filippo Menga, Francesca Greco. Monitoring Transboundary Water Cooperation in SDG 6.5.2: How a Critical Hydropolitics Approach Can Spot Inequitable Outcomes. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (10):3640.

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Hussam Hussein; Filippo Menga; Francesca Greco. 2018. "Monitoring Transboundary Water Cooperation in SDG 6.5.2: How a Critical Hydropolitics Approach Can Spot Inequitable Outcomes." Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3640.

Journal article
Published: 20 September 2018 in Environmental Science & Policy
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This article investigates the construction of the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan. It identifies the actors constructing the discourse and the elements comprising the discourse. The study is important and makes an original contribution because while the issue of water scarcity in Jordan has been widely researched, it has been done mainly with engineering approaches, the discourse of water scarcity has been taken for granted, and studies on an in depth discursive analysis of the issue of water scarcity in Jordan are still missing. The study finds that there is a single dominant discourse of water scarcity, which is composed of two narratives: water insufficiency and water mismanagement. The water insufficiency narrative is constructed to emphasise factors external to the responsibility of the Jordanian government as reasons for water scarcity, like nature, refugees, and neighbouring countries. It is mainly constructed by governmental oriented actors and deployed to open solutions on the supply and conservation sides and ultimately to maintain the status quo of the current water uses. The water mismanagement narrative is constructed to emphasise as reasons for water scarcity factors of mismanagement of water resources, and deployed to increase economic efficiency in the water sector.

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Hussam Hussein. Lifting the veil: Unpacking the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan. Environmental Science & Policy 2018, 89, 385 -392.

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Hussam Hussein. Lifting the veil: Unpacking the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan. Environmental Science & Policy. 2018; 89 ():385-392.

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Hussam Hussein. 2018. "Lifting the veil: Unpacking the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan." Environmental Science & Policy 89, no. : 385-392.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2018 in Environmental Science & Policy
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Hussam Hussein. Tomatoes, tribes, bananas, and businessmen: An analysis of the shadow state and of the politics of water in Jordan. Environmental Science & Policy 2018, 84, 170 -176.

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Hussam Hussein. Tomatoes, tribes, bananas, and businessmen: An analysis of the shadow state and of the politics of water in Jordan. Environmental Science & Policy. 2018; 84 ():170-176.

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Hussam Hussein. 2018. "Tomatoes, tribes, bananas, and businessmen: An analysis of the shadow state and of the politics of water in Jordan." Environmental Science & Policy 84, no. : 170-176.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2018 in Environmental Science & Policy
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This article explores the governance of the Guarani Aquifer System (GAS) through the lens of critical hydropolitics and specifically through the framework of hydro-hegemony. This study is important as the GAS, which is one of the first examples of transboundary groundwater cooperation, has been studied through hydrological, geological and legal disciplinary approaches, but hydropolitical analyses of the issues raised in cooperation of this resource is still lacking. While a hydrological analysis of the GAS is important, it is not enough to comprehend and make sense of the governance and political agreements among the countries. For this reason, this article complements the existing studies on the hydrological, geological, and legal analyses published on this aquifer. By taking the case study of the GAS, this article makes important empirical contributions to the study of transboundary groundwater cooperation. This article argues that through critical hydropolitics, and in particular by consideration of the power asymmetries between states and their exploitation potential of groundwater, it is possible to more accurately understand the current water governance’s arrangements around the GAS. It also argues that critical hydropolitics fails to explain informal cooperation arrangements in the case of the GAS.

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Hussam Hussein. The Guarani Aquifer System, highly present but not high profile: A hydropolitical analysis of transboundary groundwater governance. Environmental Science & Policy 2018, 83, 54 -62.

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Hussam Hussein. The Guarani Aquifer System, highly present but not high profile: A hydropolitical analysis of transboundary groundwater governance. Environmental Science & Policy. 2018; 83 ():54-62.

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Hussam Hussein. 2018. "The Guarani Aquifer System, highly present but not high profile: A hydropolitical analysis of transboundary groundwater governance." Environmental Science & Policy 83, no. : 54-62.

Original paper
Published: 07 March 2018 in Arabian Journal of Geosciences
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This article assesses drought status in the Yarmouk Basin (YB), in northern Jordan, using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), the Standardized Water-Level Index (SWI), and the Percent Departure from Normal rainfall (PDNimd) during the years 1993–2014. The results showed that the YB suffers from frequent and irregular periods of drought as variations in drought intensity and frequency have been observed. The SPI results revealed that the highest drought magnitude of − 2.34 appeared at Nuaimeh rainfall station in 1991. This station has also experienced severe drought particularly in years 1995, 1999, 2005, and 2012 with SPI values ranging from − 1.51 to − 1.59. Some other rainfall stations such as Baqura, Ibbin, Khanasiri, Kharja, Mafraq police, Ramtha, Turra, and Umm Qais have also suffered several periods of drought mostly in 1993. The SWI results show the highest extreme drought events in 2001 in Souf well while other extreme drought periods were observed at Wadi Elyabis well in 1994 and at Mafraq well in 1995. As compared to SPI maps, our SWI maps reflect severe and extreme drought events in most years, negatively impacting the groundwater levels in the study area.

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Alsharifa Hind Mohammad; Hahn Chul Jung; Taleb Odeh; Chandrashekhar Bhuiyan; Hussam Hussein. Understanding the impact of droughts in the Yarmouk Basin, Jordan: monitoring droughts through meteorological and hydrological drought indices. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 2018, 11, 103 .

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Alsharifa Hind Mohammad, Hahn Chul Jung, Taleb Odeh, Chandrashekhar Bhuiyan, Hussam Hussein. Understanding the impact of droughts in the Yarmouk Basin, Jordan: monitoring droughts through meteorological and hydrological drought indices. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 2018; 11 (5):103.

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Alsharifa Hind Mohammad; Hahn Chul Jung; Taleb Odeh; Chandrashekhar Bhuiyan; Hussam Hussein. 2018. "Understanding the impact of droughts in the Yarmouk Basin, Jordan: monitoring droughts through meteorological and hydrological drought indices." Arabian Journal of Geosciences 11, no. 5: 103.

Journal article
Published: 04 January 2018 in Mediterranean Politics
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Extensive literature has shown the impact of water scarcity discourses on national policies, however the impact of water scarcity discourses on transboundary water governance has been overlooked. This article contributes to filling this gap by investigating the impact of the water scarcity discourse in the case of Jordan, specifically on three cases of transboundary water governance: the Yarmouk River, the Jordan River and the Disi Aquifer. This article shows that the water scarcity discourse is not enough to explain transboundary water governance, as it needs to be contextualized in the broader context, considering national security, regional geopolitics, inter-sectorial interests, and power asymmetries. This is particularly true when considering that the Arab region has most of its surface waters originating outside of its countries, and transboundary waters represent over two thirds of its overall water resources

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Hussam Hussein. Yarmouk, Jordan, and Disi basins: Examining the impact of the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan on transboundary water governance. Mediterranean Politics 2018, 24, 269 -289.

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Hussam Hussein. Yarmouk, Jordan, and Disi basins: Examining the impact of the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan on transboundary water governance. Mediterranean Politics. 2018; 24 (3):269-289.

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Hussam Hussein. 2018. "Yarmouk, Jordan, and Disi basins: Examining the impact of the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan on transboundary water governance." Mediterranean Politics 24, no. 3: 269-289.