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 27
... planning frameworks – that is , out of sound governance . - ― For example , around Lake Chad are hundreds of metres of unusable concrete irrigation channels and associated pumps . These are unusable because unsustainable water use from ...
... plans and management procedures with other functional agencies . ( E.g. agriculture , environment , economic planning , industry . ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Capability of considering a wide 7.
... planning and evaluation from construction and management functions. (I.e. Do not have dam building agencies responsible for watershed management.) Have the multi-disciplinary expertise to carry out "multiple- objective planning and ...
... planning. Least-cost planning is a seriously under-utilised water management tool. It involves considering both demand and supply side options for water supply augmentation. For example, including demand and supply side efficiency ...
... , for without it, at best, only partial planning and implementation of measures to maximise the benefits from the basin in an equitable and sustainable manner is likely. Adoption of legal frameworks e.g. shared waters protocols & UN 14.
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 |