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Water governance in the Kyrgyz agricultural sector: on its way to integrated water resource management?
Wasserpolitik in der kirgisischen Landwirtschaft: auf dem Weg zu einem integrierten Management der Wasserressourcen?
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Abstract "As a reaction to growing water scarcity worldwide, sustainable water allocation and use, and in particular the role of agriculture as a major water user, have become important topics in the development discourse. In recent years Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) emerged as an answer to m... view more
"As a reaction to growing water scarcity worldwide, sustainable water allocation and use, and in particular the role of agriculture as a major water user, have become important topics in the development discourse. In recent years Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) emerged as an answer to many water management problems. IWRM approaches water management from a holistic perspective and encompasses, among others, the integration of economic, ecological and social aspects. Is implementation of such a holistic approach feasible in developing countries and countries in transition or does it rather overburden them? First experiences have been made with the implementation of IWRM in several developing and transition countries. The aim of this study is to provide some answers to the question of what has been achieved so far. Based on an analysis of Kyrgyz water governance, the study assesses the status quo as well as the potentials for and obstacles to the realization of the normative framework of IWRM in a transition country. Comparing today's institutional framework of water management with this normative concept, it reveals the most significant gaps between norm and reality, but also identifies progress towards IWRM. Recommendations on how to further develop Kyrgyz water governance towards IWRM are provided." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
post-socialist country; Central Asia; water; governance; agriculture; agricultural policy; environmental policy; resources; USSR successor state; irrigation; developing country
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Ecology, Environment
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Rural Sociology
Method
applied research; descriptive study; evaluation
Free Keywords
Kirgistan
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
City
Bonn
Page/Pages
194 p.
Series
DIE Studies, 14
ISBN
3-88985-306-4
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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