Water governance in the Kyrgyz agricultural sector: on its way to integrated water resource management?

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 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 normat

Alternative title
Wasserpolitik in der kirgisischen Landwirtschaft: auf dem Weg zu einem integrierten Management der Wasserressourcen?
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
ISBN
3889853064
Extent
Online-Ressource, 194 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion

Bibliographic citation
DIE Studies ; Bd. 14

Classification
Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt
Keyword
Wasser
Wasserversorgung
Wasserpolitik
Landwirtschaft
Kirgisistan
Wasser
Wasserversorgung
Wassernutzung
Landwirtschaft
Kirgisien

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2006
Creator
Herrfahrdt, Elke
Kipping, Martin
Pickardt, Tanja
Polak, Mathias
Rohrer, Caroline
Wolff, Carl Felix
Contributor
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik gGmbH

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-113691
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Herrfahrdt, Elke
  • Kipping, Martin
  • Pickardt, Tanja
  • Polak, Mathias
  • Rohrer, Caroline
  • Wolff, Carl Felix
  • Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik gGmbH

Time of origin

  • 2006

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