Year: 2009
Collections: Research Paper
Topics: Water, IWRM, Transboundary Water Resources, Transboundary cooperation
Authors: Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario
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Source: Australian Journal of International Affairs
The article examines the challenges of cooperative management of transboundary water resources in Central Asia. The author analyzes water relations among Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan through Ulrich Beck’s concept of “risk society.” The article argues that water scarcity, the transboundary nature of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, the Soviet legacy of centralized water management, artificial borders, and ethnic tensions create significant risks for regional stability.
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