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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... region . The chapter sets out key elements for environmentally sustainable water use and successful transboundary waters management . 1. INTRODUCTION – THE GLOBAL SITUATION Freshwater is a fundamental requirement for human survival and ...
... region led to salinisation and a subsequent decrease in agricultural production. Serious human health problems have arisen with wind blown dust contaminated by agricultural chemical residues. (UNEP 1993; UNDP 1996). Ecosystem. costs.
... REGIONAL SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA. Increasing competition over water resources in Central Asia could lead to increased political tension, due to, inter alia, disagreements over the allocation of water and the sharing of associated ...
... regional security and it is necessary to fully include the environmental dimension in regional security considerations . Given the transboundary nature of water resources in Central Asia , it is important that a transboundary approach ...
... regional perspective iii. Environmental impact analysis iv. Social impact analysis (usually non-monetised.) Cost-benefit analysis should include economic, social and environmental impacts. If it does not, then it will not include all ...
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 |