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This study was compiled by the students of Birzeit University’s Master Program of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, under the direction of Dr. Salem Thawaba. The study attempts to answer how a new independent Palestinian state can be made successful through spatial development and regional planning. The developed vision for the Palestinian...
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... 7,8 As of 2018, over 92.6% of the groundwater was deemed unfit for human consumption, shifting the reliance of drinking water to trucked water, which is 15 to 20 times more expensive than water from the network, 6,9 in which people spend up to 50% of their monthly budget on water compared with only 3.5% globally. 10 Inflow of sewage into the sea and Coastal Aquifer has caused excess nitrate, nitrite, and chloride concentrations, resulting in nitrate concentrations of 300 mg/L, six-fold higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and less than 20% of drinking wells meeting the WHO standards. 3 As a result, 26% of the diseases in Gaza were reported as water-related, with the most common diseases including acute bloody diarrhea, viral hepatitis, liver and kidney diseases, methemoglobinemia (blue baby syndrome), and anemia. ...
