Dr. Itay Fischhendler , Lecture in Geography

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EDUCATION

1993-1996 B.A. in Geography, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

1996-1998 M.A. in of Geography, Environmental Management Planning and Policy Program, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

1999- 2003 PhD. Department of Geography, Environmental Management Planning and Policy Program. Hebrew University, Jerusalem

1999-2000 Visiting Scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Development Studies Program, University of London, United Kingdom

2000-2001 Visiting Scholar at the River Basin Administration Center, Delft, University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

2002 (summer) Visiting Scholar at the Munk Center for International Relations, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2003 - Postdoctoral studies “The Political Economy of Drought Management: The Californian Experience”. Host scientist: Professor David Zilberman.Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley

POSATION HELD

2006- Head of Environmental Management Planning and Policy Program

2004 (July)- Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor), Department of Geography, Environmental Management Planning and Policy Program. Hebrew University, Jerusalem

2003- Research Fellow, Department of Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley

2001-2002 Research Fellow, The Lyndon Johnson School for Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001-2002 Researcher, The Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas

1997- 1999 Environmental consultant for the private sector in Israel and for the Government of Botswana

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Papers accepted in refereed journals

Fischhendler, I. and Feitelson, E. 2003. “Spatial Adjustment as a Mechanism for Resolving River Basin Conflicts: U.S.-Mexico case”. Political Geography 25(5):547-573.

Fischhendler, I., Enzel, Y., and Gvirtzman. H, 2003. “Estimation of Sedimentation Rates under Mediterranean Conditions Deducted from the Mishmar Ayalon Reservoir, Israel”. The Israeli Journal of Earth Sciences, 52: 21-39.

Fischhendler, I. 2004. “Legal and Institutional Adaptation to Climate Uncertainty: A Study of International Rivers”. Water Policy 6: 281-302.

Fischhendler, I., Eaton, D., and Feitelson, E. 2004. “The Short and Long Term Ramifications of Linkages Involving Natural Resources: The U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Water Case”. Environment and Planning C, 22 (5): 633-650.

Fischhendler, I. and Feitelson, E. 2005. “The Formation and Viability of Non-Basin Transboundary Water Management: The Case of the U.S.-Canada Boundary Water”. Geoforum, 36: 792-804.

Frumkin, A. and Fischhendler, 2005. I. “Morphometry and Distribution of Isolated Caves as a Guide for Phreatic and Confined Paleohydrology Conditions”. Geomorphology, 67: 457-471.

Fischhendler, I. and Zilberman, D. 2005. “Packaging Policies for Reforming the Water Sector: The Californian Experience” Water Resources Research 41(7).

Fischhendler, I. Escaping the polluter trap: financing wastewater treatment on the Tijuana-San Diego border. Accepted in Ecological Economics.

Fischhendler, I. Harnessing Ambiguity to Resolve Environmental Disputes: the Case of the Jordan Basin. Accepted in Journal of Peace Research.

Fischhendler, I. why and how ambiguity becomes destructive: the Case of the Jordan Basin. Accepted in Global Environmental Politics.

Chapters in refereed books

Fischhendler, I. Forthcoming. The politics of water allocation in Israel. In: Feitelson, E., and Shamir, U. (ed.). Water for Dry Land. Resources for the Future Press.

Fischhendler, I. 2006. “Governing Climate risk: A Study of international water”. In: Governing Environmental Flows. F. Buttel and A. Mol (eds). MIT Press.

Feitelson E. and Fischhendler, I. Forthcoming. Politics and institutions for groundwater management in system wide context.

RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2001 Peter Lougheed Fellowship (administered by the Halbert Center for Canadian Studies, Hebrew University): The Formation and Function of the US/Canada Transboundary Water Regime

2002 The Eshkol Institution Grant for Research in Social Sciences

2002 The Yad-Ora Grant for studies in Geopolitics of the Middle East: Legal and Institutional Adaptation to Climate Uncertainty: A Study of International Rivers

2002 The Israeli Ministry of Environment Grant: The Role of Scale in Regulating Transboundary Effluences between Israel and the Palestinian Authority

2003 The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies Grant: Checks and Balances in the Israeli Water Planning System, Institutional Options for Governing Water Resources

2003 Avi Postdoctoral Fellowship for Studies at the University of California, Berkeley

2003 The United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Commission (BARD) Postdoctoral Fellowship: The political Economy of Drought Management: the Californian Experience

2004 Eskol Institute Grant: Ambiguity in treaty design

2005 International Arid Land Consortium Grant: Financing Wastewater Infrastructure: With a partner from New Mexico State University

2005 Ring Foundation for Environmental Sciences: Escaping the polluter pays trap: the case of Israel and the Palestinian Authority With a partner from Agricultural Economics, the Hebrew University.

2006 The University Institute for Diplomacy and Regional Cooperation, Tel Aviv University