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 35
... reduction . It is also argued to be important for reducing the 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 ...
... reduced production . While there is much focus on the costs of environmental protection , there is not enough focus on the costs of using environmental resources such as water unsustainably . This is partly 8. ANNEX : PROTOCOL ON SHARED ...
... reduced and production and incomes decline. The case of the Aral Sea basin is a well-known example of how environmentally ... reduce the goods and services that water provides to humans. Thus they must be included in a comprehensive cost ...
... reduction. As indicated above, health costs arising from diseases caused by polluted water impose costs the poor are least able to bear. In addition, excess withdrawals and pollution reduce the economic benefits from water use ...
... reduces the quantity and / or quality of water resources and as a result reduces the actual or potential benefits generated ... reduce the potential for regional disputes . In summary , environmentally sustainable water use managed on 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 |