Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Country Environmental Analysis

Jordan is a small, middle-income, open economy, with a limited natural resources base and active trade flows. As the integration of Jordan in the World Economy progresses, enhancing Jordan's environmental management can not only improve the we...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
AIR
BOD
BUS
CAR
GAS
OIL
TAX
WTP
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100907235120
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topic ABATEMENT
ABATEMENT COSTS
ABATEMENT STRATEGIES
ACCEPTABLE QUALITY
ACCESS TO DATA
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AIR
AIR EMISSION
AIR EMISSIONS
AIR POLLUTANTS
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR WATER
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
AQUIFERS
ARABLE LAND
AUDITS
AVAILABLE WATER
AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES
AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
BASINS
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
BOD
BUS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAR
CAR SALES
CARS
CERTIFICATION
CLEANER FUELS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONGESTION
CONGESTION REDUCTION
CONGESTION REDUCTION BENEFITS
CONSERVATION OF NATURE
CONSTRUCTION
CONTINGENT VALUATION
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
COST SAVINGS
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DECISION MAKING
DIESEL
DRINKING WATER
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
DRIVING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EFFLUENTS
EMISSION
EMISSION FACTORS
EMISSION REDUCTION
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS FROM AIRCRAFT
EMISSIONS FROM ROAD
EMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRANSPORT
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNAL COSTS
FARES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL OIL
FUEL QUALITY
FUEL TAXATION
FUEL USE
FUELS
GAS
GASOLINE
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
GROUNDWATER MINING
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
GROUNDWATER USE
HAZARDOUS WASTES
HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES
HEAVY METALS
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
INSPECTION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND TRANSPORT
LAND USE
LARGE URBAN AREAS
MANAGEMENT OF WATER
MARGINAL ABATEMENT
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
MICRO ENTERPRISES
MILEAGE
MINES
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MUNICIPAL WASTE
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
NATURAL RESOURCES
NOISE
OIL
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
OVERGRAZING
PASSENGERS
PASSENGERS PER VEHICLE
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTANT EMISSIONS
POLLUTERS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION DAMAGE
POLLUTION PREVENTION
POPULATION GROWTH
POTABLE WATER
POWER GENERATION
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PROTECTED AREAS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES
PUBLIC WORKS
PUMPING
QUALITY STANDARDS
RAIL
RAILWAY
RAILWAYS
REDUCING EMISSIONS
RENEWABLE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
RESOURCE USE
RIDERSHIP
ROAD
ROAD CHARGING
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT EMISSIONS
SANITATION
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
STATIONARY SOURCES
SUPPLY OF WATER
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATER RESOURCES
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX
TOLL
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
TRADEOFFS
TRAFFIC MODELS
TRANSIT
TRANSPORT AIR EMISSIONS
TRANSPORT EMISSIONS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT STRATEGY
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
VEHICLE
VEHICLE FLEET
VEHICLES
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER REUSE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER LAW
WATER POLICIES
WATER POLICY
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY MONITORING
WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES
WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS
WATER QUANTITY
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SAVINGS
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SHORTAGE
WATER STRATEGY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TABLE
WATER USE
WELLS
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
WTP
spellingShingle ABATEMENT
ABATEMENT COSTS
ABATEMENT STRATEGIES
ACCEPTABLE QUALITY
ACCESS TO DATA
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AIR
AIR EMISSION
AIR EMISSIONS
AIR POLLUTANTS
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR WATER
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
AQUIFERS
ARABLE LAND
AUDITS
AVAILABLE WATER
AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES
AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
BASINS
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
BOD
BUS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAR
CAR SALES
CARS
CERTIFICATION
CLEANER FUELS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONGESTION
CONGESTION REDUCTION
CONGESTION REDUCTION BENEFITS
CONSERVATION OF NATURE
CONSTRUCTION
CONTINGENT VALUATION
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
COST SAVINGS
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DECISION MAKING
DIESEL
DRINKING WATER
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
DRIVING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EFFLUENTS
EMISSION
EMISSION FACTORS
EMISSION REDUCTION
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS FROM AIRCRAFT
EMISSIONS FROM ROAD
EMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRANSPORT
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNAL COSTS
FARES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL OIL
FUEL QUALITY
FUEL TAXATION
FUEL USE
FUELS
GAS
GASOLINE
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
GROUNDWATER MINING
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
GROUNDWATER USE
HAZARDOUS WASTES
HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES
HEAVY METALS
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
INSPECTION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND TRANSPORT
LAND USE
LARGE URBAN AREAS
MANAGEMENT OF WATER
MARGINAL ABATEMENT
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
MICRO ENTERPRISES
MILEAGE
MINES
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MUNICIPAL WASTE
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
NATURAL RESOURCES
NOISE
OIL
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
OVERGRAZING
PASSENGERS
PASSENGERS PER VEHICLE
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTANT EMISSIONS
POLLUTERS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION DAMAGE
POLLUTION PREVENTION
POPULATION GROWTH
POTABLE WATER
POWER GENERATION
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PROTECTED AREAS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES
PUBLIC WORKS
PUMPING
QUALITY STANDARDS
RAIL
RAILWAY
RAILWAYS
REDUCING EMISSIONS
RENEWABLE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
RESOURCE USE
RIDERSHIP
ROAD
ROAD CHARGING
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT EMISSIONS
SANITATION
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
STATIONARY SOURCES
SUPPLY OF WATER
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATER RESOURCES
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX
TOLL
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
TRADEOFFS
TRAFFIC MODELS
TRANSIT
TRANSPORT AIR EMISSIONS
TRANSPORT EMISSIONS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT STRATEGY
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
VEHICLE
VEHICLE FLEET
VEHICLES
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER REUSE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER LAW
WATER POLICIES
WATER POLICY
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY MONITORING
WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES
WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS
WATER QUANTITY
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SAVINGS
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SHORTAGE
WATER STRATEGY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TABLE
WATER USE
WELLS
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
WTP
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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Country Environmental Analysis
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Jordan
description Jordan is a small, middle-income, open economy, with a limited natural resources base and active trade flows. As the integration of Jordan in the World Economy progresses, enhancing Jordan's environmental management can not only improve the wellbeing of Jordanians, but also enable the country to better compete in increasingly environmentally conscious markets. To date there has not yet been a comprehensive assessment of Jordan's environmental agenda, particularly in terms of providing indications on how to integrate long-term environmental concerns into the development process. Striking a balance between breadth and depth of the analysis, this report intends to help fill such a gap and to provide insights that can inform the dialogue between the World Bank and the Government of Jordan on a selected number of areas of particular relevance for continued sustainable economic and social development. The report has been prepared by a World Bank team that has worked in full partnership and cooperation with a Jordanian team, led by the Ministry of Environment, and representing a broad cross-section of Government institutions. To achieve its core objectives of identifying key strategic priorities for improved environmental policy across sectoral boundaries, the Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) analyzes sequentially the country's key environmental concerns and their relative priority; the linkages between development and environmental pressure in selected themes or sectors (water quality, road transport), and the capacity of Jordan's institutions to reconcile development and growth objectives. Most of the data and information used for the report have been collected in the period 2007-2008, although efforts have been made to take into account selected a key developments in relevant policies occurred since then.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Country Environmental Analysis
title_short Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Country Environmental Analysis
title_full Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Country Environmental Analysis
title_fullStr Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Country Environmental Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Country Environmental Analysis
title_sort hashemite kingdom of jordan - country environmental analysis
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100907235120
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3198
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spelling okr-10986-31982021-04-23T14:02:07Z Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Country Environmental Analysis World Bank ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COSTS ABATEMENT STRATEGIES ACCEPTABLE QUALITY ACCESS TO DATA ACCESS TO INFORMATION AIR AIR EMISSION AIR EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AIR TRANSPORT AIR WATER ANNUAL PRECIPITATION AQUIFERS ARABLE LAND AUDITS AVAILABLE WATER AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BASINS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BOD BUS CAPACITY BUILDING CAR CAR SALES CARS CERTIFICATION CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CHANGE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONGESTION CONGESTION REDUCTION CONGESTION REDUCTION BENEFITS CONSERVATION OF NATURE CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENT VALUATION COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST SAVINGS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DECISION MAKING DIESEL DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFLUENTS EMISSION EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS FROM ROAD EMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRANSPORT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXPLOITATION EXTERNAL COSTS FARES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL OIL FUEL QUALITY FUEL TAXATION FUEL USE FUELS GAS GASOLINE GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER MINING GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER USE HAZARDOUS WASTES HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES HEAVY METALS INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT INSPECTION IRRIGATION WATER LAND DEGRADATION LAND TRANSPORT LAND USE LARGE URBAN AREAS MANAGEMENT OF WATER MARGINAL ABATEMENT METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS MICRO ENTERPRISES MILEAGE MINES MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MUNICIPAL WASTE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER NATURAL RESOURCES NOISE OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS OVERGRAZING PASSENGERS PASSENGERS PER VEHICLE POLICY MAKERS POLLUTANT EMISSIONS POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION DAMAGE POLLUTION PREVENTION POPULATION GROWTH POTABLE WATER POWER GENERATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES PUBLIC WORKS PUMPING QUALITY STANDARDS RAIL RAILWAY RAILWAYS REDUCING EMISSIONS RENEWABLE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES RESOURCE USE RIDERSHIP ROAD ROAD CHARGING ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT EMISSIONS SANITATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STATIONARY SOURCES SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER RESOURCES SUSPENDED SOLIDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TOLL TOXIC SUBSTANCES TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC MODELS TRANSIT TRANSPORT AIR EMISSIONS TRANSPORT EMISSIONS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT STRATEGY TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM VEHICLE VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLES VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER REUSE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER AVAILABILITY WATER LAW WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS WATER QUANTITY WATER RIGHTS WATER SAVINGS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLY WATER TABLE WATER USE WELLS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WTP Jordan is a small, middle-income, open economy, with a limited natural resources base and active trade flows. As the integration of Jordan in the World Economy progresses, enhancing Jordan's environmental management can not only improve the wellbeing of Jordanians, but also enable the country to better compete in increasingly environmentally conscious markets. To date there has not yet been a comprehensive assessment of Jordan's environmental agenda, particularly in terms of providing indications on how to integrate long-term environmental concerns into the development process. Striking a balance between breadth and depth of the analysis, this report intends to help fill such a gap and to provide insights that can inform the dialogue between the World Bank and the Government of Jordan on a selected number of areas of particular relevance for continued sustainable economic and social development. The report has been prepared by a World Bank team that has worked in full partnership and cooperation with a Jordanian team, led by the Ministry of Environment, and representing a broad cross-section of Government institutions. To achieve its core objectives of identifying key strategic priorities for improved environmental policy across sectoral boundaries, the Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) analyzes sequentially the country's key environmental concerns and their relative priority; the linkages between development and environmental pressure in selected themes or sectors (water quality, road transport), and the capacity of Jordan's institutions to reconcile development and growth objectives. Most of the data and information used for the report have been collected in the period 2007-2008, although efforts have been made to take into account selected a key developments in relevant policies occurred since then. 2012-03-19T17:26:43Z 2012-03-19T17:26:43Z 2009-08-18 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100907235120 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3198 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) Middle East and North Africa Jordan