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Transboundary Water Resources Conflict Analysis Using Graph Model for Conflict Resolution: A Case Study—Harirud River

Year: 2021

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water, Water law, Water Security, Transboundary cooperation, Hydropolitics

Authors: Abdulsalam Amini, Hamidreza Jafari, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Touraj Nasrabadi

Countries: Iran Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,

Source: Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

The present paper aims to analyze, using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR), a game theory model, the conflict between the three countries regarding the utilization of the water resources of the border river, Harirud. To this purpose, first, the current state of the conflict was investigated.


Development of agricultural cooperatives in Kyrgyzstan: who are the lead actors?

Year: 2021

Collections: Scientific Publications

Topics: Agriculture

Authors: Beishenaly Nazik, Dufays Frédéric

Countries: Kyrgyzstan

Source: Central Asian Journal of Water Research



River Basin Organizations in Water Diplomacy

Year: 2020

Collections: Books

Topics: Water, Sustainable Development, Irrigation, IWRM, NEXUS, Water law, Water diplomacy, Water governance, Transboundary Water Resources, Water Security

Authors: Anoulak Kittikhoun, Susanne Schmeier

Countries:

Source: Routledge

River Basin Organizations in Water Diplomacy explores the role of River Basin Organizations (RBOs) in preventing and resolving conflicts related to transboundary water resources. Through a comparative analysis of international river basins, the book examines how institutional mechanisms, legal frameworks, and diplomatic tools promote cooperation among states and support the sustainable management of shared water resources.


Hydrodiplomacy and adaptive governance at the U.S.-Mexico border: 75 years of tradition and innovation in transboundary water management

Year: 2020

Collections: Scientific Publications, Review article

Topics: Water, Water governance Water diplomacy,

Authors: et al., Margaret O. Wilder

Countries:

Source: Environmental Science and Policy

The United States and Mexico have engaged in hydrodiplomacy—a practice of transboundary water management that blends water diplomacy and science diplomacy–for more than 75 years, since the adoption of the Treaty of 1944 and the creation of the International Boundary and Water Commission. We examine six major turning points in U.S.-Mexico hydrodiplomacy to ascertain the key factors in the region’s history of resolving transboundary water issues. We find that recognized adaptive governance indicators—such as social learning, sustained relationships, flexible governance mechanisms, and state and non-state networks are essential elements of hydrodiplomacy. Our research suggests that robust and foundational institutions comprise another key indicator of adaptive governance specifically in transboundary contexts. A commitment to both science and diplomacy have been important components underlying the effectiveness of hydrodiplomacy in the border region. Binational networks involving diverse state and non-state actors at multiple scales have increasingly played a pivotal role in shaping desirable hydrodiplomatic outcomes in the region.


International River Basin Organizations, Science, and Hydrodiplomacy

Year: 2020

Collections: Scientific Publications, Review article

Topics: Water, Water governance Water diplomacy,

Authors: Anita Milman, Andrea K. Gerlak

Countries:

Source: Environmental Science and Policy 107, 137–149

This paper examines the production and use of science by three IRBOs: the (US – Canada) International Joint Commission, the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, and the Mekong River Commission. We find the science produced by the IRBOs to support hydrodiplomacy extends beyond measuring and monitoring to include more advanced and analytical forms of science.


Sustainable Irrigation: Karez System in Afghanistan

Year: 2020

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water

Authors: Azami A., Sagin J., Sadat S. H., Hejran H.

Countries: Afghanistan

Source: Central Asian Journal of Water Research


Water Quality of Lake Iskanderkul and Its Tributaries

Year: 2020

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water

Authors: Mitusov A., Normakhmedova Z. O., Kurbonov N. B.

Countries: Tajikistan

Source: Central Asian Journal of Water Research



Informal water diplomacy and power: A case of seeking water security in the Mekong River basin

Year: 2020

Collections:

Topics: Water diplomacy, Water, IWRM, Transboundary Water Resources, Hydropolitics

Authors: Naho Mirumachi

Countries:

Source: Environmental Science and Policy

Water diplomacy is regarded as a means to prevent conflict and to enhance peace through the cooperative management of transboundary water resources. There have been calls for water diplomacy to be given further attention, especially by foreign policy and security specialists, and to be extended to non-state actors through informal dialogue processes. The paper critically questions the qualitative changes water diplomacy delivers and argues for further analytical scrutiny on its efficacy. Using a critical hydropolitics perspective, the paper advances understanding of the way power asymmetries presiding over contested waters are altered or maintained, particularly through informal diplomacy.



Методика прогноза водности высокогорных рек Центральной Азии на основе снимков MODIS

Year: 2020

Collections: Scientific Publications, Research Paper

Topics: Water

Authors: Ниязов Дж. Б., Калашникова О. Ю., Гафуров А. А.

Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

Source: Central Asian Journal of Water Research

В статье исследована возможность применения спутниковой информации о снежном покрове для краткосрочного гидрологического прогнозирования на реках Центральной Азии с высокогорными бассейнами. Целью работы является разработка методики для прогнозирования среднедекадного стока рек Варзоб и Тар на основе спутниковых снимков MODIS, обработанных в программе MODSNOW.


Сборник кейсов лучших практик использования ВИЭ в Казахстане

Year: 2020

Collections: Manuals, Conferences

Topics: Energy, Renewable energy

Authors:

Countries: Kazakhstan

Source:

Кейсы лучших практик подготовлены участниками Образовательной поездки «Renewable Energy Trip 2020» к объектам возобновляемых источников энергии. Образовательная поездка была организована Казахстанско-Немецким Университетом (DKU), под руководством Алексея Кобзева, менеджера проектов по ВИЭ, при поддержке Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); и Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, являясь германской федеральной компанией, GIZ оказывает поддержку правительству Федеративной Республики Германия в реализации поставленных им задач в сфере международного сотрудничества в целях содействия устойчивому развитию; в рамках International Climate Initiative (IKI), а также при содействии Министерства энергетики Республики Казахстан и Казахстанской ассоциации
солнечной энергетики.



Transboundary water diplomacy among small states: a giant dilemma for Central American regionalism

Year: 2020

Collections: Scientific Publications

Topics: Water, Water diplomacy

Authors: Harlan Koff, Carmen Maganda, Edith Kauffer

Countries:

Source: Water International

Water diplomacy aims to shift water disputes from zero-sum games into positive-sum cooperation models though actor-driven approaches. Small states are often viewed as facilitators of diplomacy through a commitment to regionalism and consensus, which highlights their influence in international affairs. Responding to the research question, ‘How do “non-decisions” lead to status quo in water diplomacy?’ this article discusses how regional water diplomacy based on influence is weakened by the domestic shortcomings of small states’ political systems, where authorities use non-decision-making to maintain a status quo that guarantees their legitimized power.


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