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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Results 1-5 of 27
... potential for insecurity in Central Asia , in the context of transboundary waters in the region . The chapter sets out key elements for environmentally sustainable water use and successful transboundary waters management . 1 ...
... potential for conflict over transboundary water resources . because these costs are often borne by those who have. At present levels of population and water demand , there is not enough clean water in large parts of the world . If water ...
... potential for increases in income. 4. CONTRIBUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WATER USE TOWARDS REGIONAL SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA. Increasing competition over water resources in Central Asia could lead to increased political ...
... potential for disputes is reduced if such water use is maintained , compared with using water unsustainably . The potential for disputes can be reduced if water management improves the environmental sustainability of water use and ...
... potential economic benefits in a water basin - and in an environmentally sustainable manner - requires an operational programme and projects designed and implemented on a transboundary water basin basis. This could include a ...
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 |