Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia

This paper tells the story of trade-off between hydropower and irrigation and its implications for groundwater use in Syrdarya basin in Central Asia. With the independence of the central Asian republics, this trade-off has become a transboundary issue. Efforts to coordinate bilateral action using in...

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Main Authors: Karimov, Akmal A., Giordano, Mark, Mukherji, Aditi, Borisov, Vecheslav, Djumanov, Jamol
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: IWA Publishing 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34697
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author Karimov, Akmal A.
Giordano, Mark
Mukherji, Aditi
Borisov, Vecheslav
Djumanov, Jamol
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Djumanov, Jamol
Giordano, Mark
Karimov, Akmal A.
Mukherji, Aditi
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Giordano, Mark
Mukherji, Aditi
Borisov, Vecheslav
Djumanov, Jamol
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description This paper tells the story of trade-off between hydropower and irrigation and its implications for groundwater use in Syrdarya basin in Central Asia. With the independence of the central Asian republics, this trade-off has become a transboundary issue. Efforts to coordinate bilateral action using integrated water resources management (IWRM) principles of basin-wide cooperation have not yet yielded the hoped for results. This paper shows that there could be a ?second best? option of solving at least part of this transboundary problem by ?banking? winter flows released for hydropower production in Kyrgyzstan in the underground aquifers of Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and extracting it for irrigation in the summer months.
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spelling CGSpace346972025-04-17T09:42:12Z Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia Karimov, Akmal A. Giordano, Mark Mukherji, Aditi Borisov, Vecheslav Djumanov, Jamol integrated management water management groundwater water power irrigation resource management policies water use history groundwater development water budget river basin management international waters energy generation valleys This paper tells the story of trade-off between hydropower and irrigation and its implications for groundwater use in Syrdarya basin in Central Asia. With the independence of the central Asian republics, this trade-off has become a transboundary issue. Efforts to coordinate bilateral action using integrated water resources management (IWRM) principles of basin-wide cooperation have not yet yielded the hoped for results. This paper shows that there could be a ?second best? option of solving at least part of this transboundary problem by ?banking? winter flows released for hydropower production in Kyrgyzstan in the underground aquifers of Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and extracting it for irrigation in the summer months. 2012-02-01 2013-11-15T08:44:17Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z 2013-11-15T08:44:17Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34697 en Limited Access IWA Publishing Karimov, A., Giordano, M., Mukherji, A., Borisov, V., & Djumanov, J. (2011). Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia. Water Policy, 14(1), 99–111. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2011.149
spellingShingle integrated management
water management
groundwater
water power
irrigation
resource management
policies
water use
history
groundwater development
water budget
river basin management
international waters
energy generation
valleys
Karimov, Akmal A.
Giordano, Mark
Mukherji, Aditi
Borisov, Vecheslav
Djumanov, Jamol
Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia
title Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia
title_full Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia
title_fullStr Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia
title_full_unstemmed Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia
title_short Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia
title_sort of transboundary basins integrated water resources management iwrm and second best solutions the case of groundwater banking in central asia
topic integrated management
water management
groundwater
water power
irrigation
resource management
policies
water use
history
groundwater development
water budget
river basin management
international waters
energy generation
valleys
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