Transboundary Water Resources: Strategies for Regional Security and Ecological StabilityHartmut Vogtmann, Nikolai Dobretsov Springer Science & Business Media, 2005 M07 26 - 198 pages After the sovjet era and since their independence the new Central Asian countries are rebuilding a system of water resources management: an important challenge for the development of the whole region. The NATO workshop held on 25-27 August 2003 by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, attended by experts from five Central Asian countries, Russia, six Western European countries, the US and the UNEP offered water engineers and nature scientists as well as economic and political scientists and practitioners from water administrations and international river commissions to meet in Novosibirsk and develop sustainable approaches in the management of Central Asian water resources. This book presents important aspects of transboundary water resources, i.e. the global water crisis: problems and perspectives; regional experiences in solving water problems in Central Asia; problems and management of transboundary water resources; ecological and economic aspects of water management; scientific analysis and tools of water changes; strategic implications of water access arisen during the workshop. A final recommendation in the area of equitable sharing of benefits, monitoring and data collection as well as proposals for Central Asia transboundary waters programme were set in the book as the main result of the meeting. |
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... direct economic and social costs . As the World Bank states " the environment [ is ] not just another consumptive user of water but the water resource itself and ... degrading the quantity and quality of water in rivers , lakes ...
... direct link between ecosystems and human income. Less easily, health cost and productive impacts from pollution related illnesses can also be estimated. Biodiversity decline is far more difficult to value. Nevertheless, these impacts ...
... direct economic costs. Contaminated water imposes harsh economic and social costs on people. The elements of multi-objective planning are: i. Cost-benefit analysis from the national perspective ii. Cost-benefit analysis from the project ...
... direct way of raising finance and appropriately applied, they also encourage improved efficiency in water use. There is no doubt that over time, water prices that reflect the true cost of water supply will result in more efficient use ...
... direct cost on other taxpayers and also an indirect cost through encouraging inefficient water use. Explicit subsidies also have an opportunity cost. The funds used for subsidising water might be better used by society for other ...
Contents
On the problem of the Caspian Sea level forecasting 27 | 26 |
regional experiences in solving water problems | 37 |
Regional experience in solving problems of water resources | 43 |
Regional experiences in solving of water resources problems | 55 |
Challenges of transboundary water management in the Danube | 73 |
Transboundary water problems in the basin of the Irtysh | 83 |
Transboundary water problems in the KurAraz basin 93 | 92 |
Nature conservation and sustainable management | 109 |
The role of economics to promote a sustainable use | 129 |
Strategic implications of water access | 147 |
Critical Geography The strategic influence of water | 169 |
List of Workshop Participants 195 | 194 |