Title | Regional water intelligence report central Asia : baseline report |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Granit, J, Jagerskog, A, Löfgren, R, Bullock, A, de Gooijer, G, Pettigrew, S, Lindström, A |
Pagination | 32 p.; tab.; diagram; map |
Date Published | 2010-03-01 |
Publisher | Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) |
Place Published | Stockholm, Sweden |
Keywords | access to water, sdiasi, sdiwat, south east asia, water demand, water use |
Abstract | The Central Asian states and Afghanistan, except Kazakhstan, are poor. Water for economic growth is therefore at the core of their interests. There is a significant hydropower potential in the Aral Sea Basin and there exist major hydrocarbon assets. The region as a whole is relatively well endowed in water resources but lacks good national and regional management frameworks. There are significant “upstreamdownstream” issues with wealthier countries downstream and poorer countries upstream; hydropower potential upstream and irrigation demands downstream; and different governance structures, for example, Kazakhstan pursuing a market-oriented approach while Turkmenistan is based on full state property of water resources. (authors abstract, part) |
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