Title Managing water in central Asia / Philip Micklin

Published London : Royal Institute of International Affairs ; Washington, DC : Distributed worldwide by Brookings Institution, 2000

Table of Contents
	About the author					vi
	Acknowledgments					vi
	Abbreviations and acronyms					vii
	Transliteration system					vii
	Summary					viii
1	Introduction					1
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
	Further reading					72

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Description 72 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Series Central Asian and Caucasian Prospects Central Asian and Caucasian Prospects Notes "Royal Institute of International Affairs, Russia and Eurasia Programme." At head of title: Central Asian and Caucasian prospects Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 72) Notes Purchased from the Estate of Emeritus Professor W.D. (Bill) Williams Subject Irrigation farming -- Environmental aspects -- Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Irrigation farming -- Environmental aspects -- Aral Sea Region Irrigation water -- Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Irrigation water -- Aral Sea Region Water conservation -- Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Water conservation -- Aral Sea Region Water resources development -- Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Water resources development -- Aral Sea Region Water quality management -- Asia, Central. Water-supply -- Management -- Asia, Central. Water leakage -- Management -- Asia, Central. Water-supply -- Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Water-supply -- Aral Sea Region SUBJECT Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) -- Environmental conditions Author Central Asian and Caucasian Prospects (Project) Russia and Eurasia Programme (Royal Institute of International Affairs) LC no. 2002421906 ISBN 1862030006 9781862030008

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