Faculty Publications
Br. David James Scarpa, FSC
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
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Contact Address:
Brothers' Residence,
Bethlehem University,
Rue des Freres,
P.O.Box 9. Bethlehem,
West Bank (Palestine), via Israel.
Books
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Scarpa, D. J. (1981) A Geology Field Study
Guide to South-west Lleyn, The Earth-Science Teachers’
Association and Hopwood Publications, Manchester.
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Abed Rabbo, A. , Scarpa, D. J., Qannam,
Z., Abdul Jaber, Q. & Younger, P. (1999) Springs in the
West Bank: Water Quality and Chemistry, Palestinian Hydrology
Group and Newcastle University, Palestine.
Abdul Jaber, Q., Abed Rabbo, A. , Scarpa, D. J.,
Qannam, Z. & Younger, P., (1999) Wells in the West Bank: Water
Quality and Chemistry, Palestinian Hydrology Group and Newcastle
University, Palestine.
Scientific Papers
- Scarpa, D.J. (1990) The Geology of the Cremisan Valley, Beit
Jala, Beth. Univ. J., 9, 7-31.
- Scarpa, D.J. (1992) How wet was the winter of 1991-92 in
Bethlehem?, Beth. Univ. J., 11, 55-65.
- Scarpa, D.J. (1994) Eastward groundwater flow from the Mountain
Aquifer, Water for Peace in the Middle East, eds. J. Isaac &
H. Shuval, 193-203, Elsevier Science Publications, Amsterdam.
- Scarpa, D.J. (1995:a). Geohydrological considerations concerning
groundwater basins to the east of the Jerusalem Hills, Second
International Symposium on the Geology of the Eastern Mediterranean,
(Abstract, p.19) Jerusalem, Aug. 27 - Sept.1st.
- Scarpa, D.J.(1995:b). Cenomanian Echinoids and Ostracods
in the Jerusalem Hills and the northern Negev, Bethlehem University
Journal, 14, 34-53.
- Rosenfeld, A., Scarpa, D.J. & Honigstein, A.(1996) Twisted
Ostracods - tectonic indicators from the Cenomanian of Israel,
Micropalaeontology ed. M. Keen, pp.39-42, British Micropalaeontological
Society, London.
- Scarpa, D. J. (1997) Herodion-Beit Fajjar well field, Shaqa’q
Al Nu’man, 11, 67-68.
- Scarpa, D.J., Abed Rabbo, A. & Qannam, Z. (1998) Yatta,
a Palestinian Town Suffering Water Deprivation, Middle East
Environmental Watch, 1:2, 5,10.
- Scarpa, D.J., Abed Rabbo, A., Qannam, Z. & Abdul Jaber,
Q. (1998) Groundwater pollution in unconfined aquifers in the
Northern West Bank, Palestine, Hydrology in a Changing Environ-ment,
II, eds. H. Wheater & C. Kirby, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester,
UK, pp. 33-40.
- Abed Rabbo, A., Scarpa, D.J. & Qannam, Z. (1998) A study
of the water quality and hydrochemistry of the Herodion - Beit
Fajjar Wells, West Bank, Bethlehem University Journal, 17, 11-28
- Scarpa, D.J., Abed Rabbo, A., Qannam, Z. & Abdul Jaber,
Q., (1999) Polluted shallow wells in northern West Bank aquifers,
Bethlehem University Journal, 18, 97-104.
- Scarpa, D.J. & Hirsch, F., (1999) The variegated sands
of the Bani Naim Member within the Jerusalem Formation (Turonian)
in the Bethlehem and Hebron districts, Bethlehem University
Journal, 18, 105-110.
- Scarpa, D. J. (2000) The sustainability of Palestinian Hill
Villages to the west of the hydrologic divide in the southern
West Bank, Water Science and Technology, 42, 1-2, 331-336.
- Scarpa, D. J. (2000) West Bank Aquifers, The Washington Report
on Middle East Affaires, XIX, 9,74.
- Scarpa, D.J. (2001) Palestinian agricultural water use in
the West Bank and Gaza, Water Land, Agriculture, and Policies
in the Mediterranean, IPTS Working Paper, Brussels.
- Scarpa, D.J., Abed Rabbo, A., Zeitoun, R., Qannam, Z.S. (2001)
Water Stress in Yatta, Palestine, People and Systems for Water,
Sanitation and Health, 302-304 [Preprints], (published 2002).
- Scarpa, D.J. (2001) Provision of water to the southern West
Bank: the history of policy decisions concerning the exploitation
of the south-eastern basins of the Mountain Aquifer, Re-writing
the Water History of Palestine/Israel [preprints, Oxford].
- Scarpa, D.J. (2002) The Southern West Bank Aquifer: Exploitation
and Sustainability, Water in the Jordan Valley: Technical Solutions
and Regional Cooperation, International and Area Studies Series
(General Editor, E. Corr, content editors, J. Ginat & J.
Ragep), University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. [in press].
- Scarpa, D.J., Abed Rabbo, M., Zeitoun, R. & Abed Rabbo,
A. (2002) Rainfall in Bethlehem (1992-2002) Bethlehem University
Journal, 21, [in press]..
- Scarpa, D.J. (2002) Critical water management tensions in
the West Bank, Palestine, Balancing Competing Water Uses –
Present Status and New Prospects, Stockholm International Water
Institute, 157-159.
- Rosenfeld, A., Honigstein, A. & Scarpa, D. (2002) Pliocene-Pleistocene
lakes in southern Israel – Ostracods and Hominids, Current
Research, GSI, 13, 86-93.
- Scarpa, D.J. (2003) Shared aquifer management in West Bank
requires political courage, Water and Wastewater International,
February, 18, 1. 31
Technical Reports
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Abed Rabbo, A., Scarpa, D. J. & Qannam,
Z. (1997) Assessing Pollution and Water Quality; Evaluation
of the Water Resources of the Mountain Aquifer. Funded by the
Ford Foundation.
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Abed Rabbo, A., Scarpa, D. J., Qannam, Z.,
Abdul Jaber, Q. & Tamimi, A. R.. (1998) A Comprehensive
Study of the Water Resources of Selected Catchment Areas of
the Mountain Aquifer. Funded by Irish Development Aid.
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Abed Rabbo, A. & Scarpa, D. J., (1999)
A comprehensive study of the water resources of the southwestern
Mediterranean drainage, from the Mountain Aquifer. Funded by
Irish Development Aid.
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Scarpa, D. J. & Kneepkens, H., (1999)
Evaluation of the Environmental Projects in the Palestinian
Areas Funded by the Netherlands Government, for the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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