Permanent international river basin organizations (IRBOs) come in many shapes and sizes, ranging from those which are mainly facilitative in nature to those empowered to act on their own. Although differences in IRBO types may have important impacts on transboundary water resources management, sy...
Lautze, Jonathan
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Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Yakubov, Murat
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[International river basin organizations: variation, options and insights.]
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International river basin organizations: variation, options and insights.
While best practice in water management typically calls for the use of a basin-level approach, specific guidance in the absence of basin-level management is fairly scant. This paper reviews the experience of the Syr Darya basin to identify insights related to second best practices for water manag...
Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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Platonov, Alexander
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Yakubov, Murat
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[From monocentric ideal to polycentric pragmatism in the Syr Darya: searching for second best approaches.]
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From monocentric ideal to polycentric pragmatism in the Syr Darya: searching for second best approaches.
The management of water resources according to hydrological boundaries at different implementation levels (river basin, irrigation system, or water user association) is promoted internationally. This approach to water management, especially for the basin, is starting to be challenged from differe...
Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Mukhamedova, N.
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Musayev, S.
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[Is it possible to shift to hydrological boundaries?: the Ferghana Valley meshed system.]
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Is it possible to shift to hydrological boundaries?: the Ferghana Valley meshed system.
Conventional emphasis on basin-wide water management has often resulted in the formation of transboundary water law on the basin or near basin scale. In Central Asia, however, the Syr Darya Basin possesses an abundance of tributary-level cooperative agreements that guide and codify water sharing ...
Holmatov, Bunyod
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Lautze, Jonathan
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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[Tributary-level transboundary water law in the Syr Darya: overlooked stories of practical water cooperation]
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Tributary-level transboundary water law in the Syr Darya: overlooked stories of practical water cooperation
The Ferghana Valley Project, initiated in 2001, has promoted institutional change in the post-Soviet irrigation sector in this part of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. This paper presents the short-term (5-year) impacts of integrated water resources management project activities focused on ...
Abdullaev, Iskandar
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Jumaboev, Kahramon
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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[Adoption of integrated water resources management principles and its impacts: lessons from Ferghana Valley]
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Adoption of integrated water resources management principles and its impacts: lessons from Ferghana Valley
The primary objective of an irrigation organization is to provide efficient and effective management of water resources to achieve enhanced agricultural production. Performance assessment studies provide a tool to evaluate and promote this objective. The study examines the existing planning proce...
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Abdullaev, Iskandar
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
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Jumaboev, Kahramon
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[Evaluating planning and delivery performance of water user associations (WUAs) in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan]
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Evaluating planning and delivery performance of water user associations (WUAs) in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan
Ongoing discussions on water-energy-food nexus generally lack a historical perspective and more rigorous institutional analysis. Scrutinizing a relatively mature benefit sharing approach in the context of transboundary water management, the study shows how such analysis can be implemented to faci...
Soliev, Ilkhom
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Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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[The costs of benefit sharing: historical and institutional analysis of shared water development in the Ferghana Valley, the Syr Darya Basin]
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The costs of benefit sharing: historical and institutional analysis of shared water development in the Ferghana Valley, the Syr Darya Basin
Donor sponsored projects are often criticized for the tendency to impose standardized institutional and technical solutions in irrigation. Although, this might be the case, a project is based on internal actors, ‘project owners’, who influence solutions and implementation processes. Little attent...
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Wegerich, Kai
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Yakubov, Murat
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Musayev, Sardorbek
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Akramova, Indira
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[Project owners – overlooked factors of uncertainty in the example of a water infrastructure improvement project?]
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Project owners – overlooked factors of uncertainty in the example of a water infrastructure improvement project?
While best practice in water management typically calls for the use of a basin-level approach, specific guidance in the absence of basin-level management is fairly scant. This paper reviews the experience of the Syr Darya basin to identify insights related to second best practices for water manag...
Wegerich, Kai
,
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
,
Lautze, Jonathan
,
Platonov, Alexander
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Yakubov, Murat
,
[From monocentric ideal to polycentric pragmatism in the Syr Darya: searching for second best approaches]
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From monocentric ideal to polycentric pragmatism in the Syr Darya: searching for second best approaches
This paper analyses groundwater resources use and management in the socio-economic context of the Amu Darya River Basin which covers a part of the following landlocked Central Asian countries: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. These agrarian nations for sustaining their vital ...
Rakhmatullaev, S.
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Huneau, F.
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Le Coustumer, Philippe
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Jumanov, J.
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El Oifi, B.
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Motelica-Heino, M.
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Hrkal, Z.
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[Groundwater resources use and management in the Amu Darya River Basin, (Central Asia)]
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Groundwater resources use and management in the Amu Darya River Basin, (Central Asia)