Managing water in Central Asia / Philip Micklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Micklin, Philip P.

Contributor:

Russia and Eurasia Programme (Royal Institute of International Affairs)

Series:

Central Asian and Caucasian Prospects series

Central Asian and Caucasian prospects series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irrigation water--Aral Sea Region.

Irrigation water.

Irrigation farming--Aral Sea Region.

Irrigation farming.

Water-supply--Aral Sea Region.

Water-supply.

Water conservation--Aral Sea Region.

Water conservation.

Physical Description:

72 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Institute of International Affairs ; Washington, DC : distributed worldwide by the Brookings Institution, 2000.

Summary:

The paper discusses the Caspian Basin's water resource geography along with other critical water issues including irrigated agriculture, the Aral Sea problem, water sharing among the basin states, national water politics, and the future of water management.

Contents:

2 Basin water resources 6

2.1 Amu Dar'ya and Syr Dar'ya 6

2.2 The sufficiency of renewable water resources 10

3 The Aral Sea and its desiccation 13

3.1 Physical, hydrologic and biological character 13

3.2 Ecological, economic and health consequences of desiccation 14

3.3 Restoration requirements 20

4 Irrigated agriculture: the key to water management improvement 24

4.1 The pre-Soviet period 24

4.2 The Soviet period 29

4.3 Contemporary irrigation 36

5 Sharing the waters of the Aral Sea basin 43

5.1 Institutional structures 43

5.2 International donor efforts to promote cooperation 48

5.3 Improvements needed 51

6 National land and water policies and politics 54

6.1 The Soviet legacy 54

6.2 Institutional and economic reforms 55

6.3 Corruption and patronage in water management 64

7 The future of water management 68.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 72).

ISBN:

1862030006

OCLC:

44787456