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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 36
... needs of people . More specifically , if water is used consistently at a faster rate that it is replenished and / or if it is polluted so its use is restricted , then there are direct economic and social costs . As the World Bank states ...
... needs . If agricultural policy and pricing encourage inefficient use of water , these should be addressed . As another example , industries should not be permitted to pollute water and profit from this , especially when the poor have to ...
... needs of the poor are desperate, it is too often the case than present users have more impact on water use investment and management decisions. Therefore it is important that those currently without adequate supplies of water are ...
... needs of the poor majority must be met at a price they can afford. While some reject the use of pricing that reflects the cost of supply, consideration should be given to the costs of subsidising water to larger users. The opportunity ...
... needs amount of water should be sold at a low price , subsidised if necessary , such that poor people can afford the ... need to be charged to cover costs . The secure, permanent increase in water utility revenue streams enables 12.
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 |