Nato/Ccms Pilot Study Meeting on Transboundary Water Management Issues in the United States &amp; Central Asia: Problem Definition, Regulation and Management

Khankhasayev, M. Kh.; Leitman, S.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6736-5_4

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“…The resulting environmental degradation through pesticide use and salinisation was accompanied by high disease rates and infant mortality (Khankhasayev and Leitman 2008: 71). The Aral Sea environmental disaster is reputed to be one of the biggest man-made ecological disasters in the region and perhaps the world (Khankhasayev and Leitman 2008). Despite their regional character, water problems in Central Asia have implications that extend beyond the borders of the riparian countries.…”

Section: Current Water Management Arrangements In Central Asia and Thmentioning

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Risky riparianism: cooperative water governance in Central Asia

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2009

Australian Journal of International Affairs

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Water governance has emerged as one of the intense and most urgent challenges of the new century, largely due to the threatened nature of water availability and the transboundary character of water challenges. These conditions pose exceptionally high risks for societies that need to address these challenges. Using the concept of risk society as developed by Ulrich Beck, this article illustrates how shared risk among Central Asian countries provides the impetus for developing water governance mechanisms. However, the historical and sociocultural circumstances of these countries pose limits to their ability to craft workable governance arrangements; in particular, the Soviet legacy of centralised command-and-control governance over water and related ethnic tensions among countries. These tensions play out in the demarcation of water boundaries and the subsequent allocation of water resources among the riparian countries. However, these limitations can also be viewed through the lens of 'reflexive governance', which allows for flexibility, hybridisation, uncertainty and even ignorance.

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Section: Current Water Management Arrangements In Central Asia and Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risky riparianism: cooperative water governance in Central Asia

Rosario¹

2009

Australian Journal of International Affairs

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Nato/Ccms Pilot Study Meeting on Transboundary Water Management Issues in the United States & Central Asia: Problem Definition, Regulation and Management

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Risky riparianism: cooperative water governance in Central Asia

Risky riparianism: cooperative water governance in Central Asia

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