Overview
- Discusses water pollution and water use in Central Asia
- Reviews water resources management, policies and cross-border cooperation
- Offers a valuable guide for environmental managers, scientists and policymakers alike
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 105)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book reviews the current status of water resources management in Central Asian countries, and outlines the history, policies and cross-border cooperation regarding water resources management in the region. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of water resources management in Central Asia, past and future water transfer projects, specific problems concerning water use and pollution, and national approaches to water management in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as to related conflicts between the Central Asian countries.
Together with the companion volumes on Water Resources in Central Asia: International Context and Water Bodies and Climate Change in Central Asia, it offers a valuable source of information for a broad readership, from students and scientists interested in the environmental sciences, to policymakers and practitioners working in the fields of water resources policy and management, international relations, and environmental issues.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sergey S. Zhiltsov is the Head of the Department of Political Science and Political Philosophy of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Sciences and his scientific interests comprise foreign and domestic policies of the post-Soviet countries, problems of regional integration in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, foreign and domestic policies of Ukraine and Moldova. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 scientific articles and 10 monographs on various problems of the Caspian Region, published in Russia and by Springer (Germany), including “Geopolitics of the Caspian Region” (2003), “New Caspian Sea” (2008), “Caspian Pipeline Geopolitics” (2011), “Caspian Sea. Encyclopedia”(2015), “Oil and Gas Pipelines in the Black-Caspian Seas Region” (2016), “Caspian Region: Politics, Economy, Cooperation”(2017), “Russia’s Policy in the Caspian Region” (2019).
Andrey G. Kostianoy is the Chief Scientist at the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), and is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Liege (Belgium), and Honorary Professor of Tver State University (Russia). He holds aPh.D. in Physico-Mathematical Sciences, and he is a specialist in physical oceanography and satellite remote sensing. His research has focused on satellite monitoring, oceanography, regional climate change and environmental problems of the Black, Caspian, Aral, and Baltic seas. He is Editor-in-Chief of “The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry” and “Springer Water” book series published by Springer (Germany), and of the “Journal of Oceanological Research” (Russia). He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed papers, authored and/or edited 70 books, including the Encyclopedia of the Black, Caspian, Aral, Japan, Okhotsk, Bering, Barents, White, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Chukchi, Baltic, Adriatic, Ionian seas and Arctic Ocean, published in 2006-2020 by "International Relations" (Russia) and "Springer" (Germany).
Alexander V. Semenov is the Rector of S.Yu. Witte Moscow University. (Moscow), and Honorary Professor at the Higher School of Finance and Management (Bialystok, Poland). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics, and has authored more than 100 scientific publications, authored and edited 25 books, including the encyclopedia of the White, East Siberian, Baltic, Adriatic, Ionian Seas and the Arctic Ocean, published in 2014-2020 by "International Relations" (Russia) and "Springer" (Germany).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Resources Management in Central Asia
Editors: Igor S. Zonn, Sergey S. Zhiltsov, Andrey G. Kostianoy, Aleksandr V. Semenov
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57986-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57985-2Published: 22 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57988-3Published: 22 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-57986-9Published: 21 August 2020
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 197
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Water, general, Pollution, general