Image

Knowledge space

Center for Natural Resources and Sustainability DKU

DKU Logo
UNESCO Logo

Topic: Water

  • Water
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Agriculture
  • Eco business
  • Sustainable Development
  • Irrigation
  • Renewable energy
  • Gender
  • IWRM
  • NEXUS
  • Green business
  • Water law
  • Transportation and logistics
  • Management
  • Pathways to water conflict transformation: Comparing North Crimea Canal and Kabul River Basin

    Year: 2025

    Collections: Scientific Publications

    Topics: Water

    Authors:

    Countries: Afghanistan

    Source: https://water-ca.org

    This study explores pathways to transformation through a focus on water relations among states, examining the intersection of water resources management, political conflicts, and historical grievances: (1) Ukraine and Russia regarding North Crimea Canal; and (2) Afghanistan and Pakistan in Kabul River Basin. Using these cases to support water conflict prevention, this study explores water interactions (disputes, arrangements, and agreements) from the time of respective sovereign statehoods: Afghanistan (1919), Pakistan (1947), and Ukraine and Russia (1991) through to 2022. The design of this study incorporates the Transboundary Waters Interaction Nexus (TWINs) framework to assess past water interactions; with the Four Stages of Water Conflict Transformation framework, used to assess 2022 state-level relations to determine collaborative skills to cultivate water transformation. Findings indicate that while Ukraine- Russia water relations are adversarial, and Afghanistan-Pakistan are in the reflective negotiation stage—territorial disputes and political economic dynamics hamper cooperation, though points of leverage (such as neutral third-party mediation, shared environmental and economic interests, and water diplomacy and legal frameworks) exist. This research provides value through broadening preventative and transformative strategies in politically sensitive and geopolitically unstable regions—showing that water can be a catalyst for equity and regional securitization.


    Evaluating the impacts of climate change projections on streamflow in the Panjshir watershed

    Year: 2025

    Collections: Scientific Publications

    Topics: Water, Climate

    Authors: Rohullah Mayar, Mohammad Assem Mayar, Mohammad Hamid Omar

    Countries: Afghanistan

    Source: https://water-ca.org


    Spatiotemporal Distribution Analysis of Rainfall in the Harirud-Murghab River Basin, Afghanistan

    Year: 2025

    Collections: Scientific Publications

    Topics: Water

    Authors: Abdul Basit Da’ie, Hedayatullah Arian, Ahmad Shahir Popalzai, Homayoun Khoshnod

    Countries: Afghanistan

    Source: https://water-ca.org


    Manual and Guideline of Water Assessment in Central Asia

    Year: 2025

    Collections: Manuals

    Topics: Water, IWRM

    Authors: Kogutenko Larissa, Safiya Asalbekova, Michael Walther

    Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

    Source: Journal of MOLARE Research Centre (MRC)

    Why water monitoring and assessment are important?

    Water quality assessment is one of the crucial scientific and practical analyses to identify the possibility of water consumption for different human needs and nature/ecosystem conservation for future generations. Water quality can be measured and monitored in rivers, springs, creeks, swamps, estuaries, wetlands and lakes what is called aquatic systems. Quality parameters, such as biological, chemical and physical indicators identify the combination of values that influence the composition of water. Monitoring and comparison of different water habitats (macro invertebrates) in biological monitoring provides an information of water quality and allows to make a quick assessment.


    For questions about cooperation, please contact us at:

    Join us on social networks: