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1 Wegerich, Kai. 2010. The Afghan water law: a legal solution foreign to reality? Water International, 35(3):298-312. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2010.486524]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H042962)
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In this article the suggested permit and license systems included in the draft Afghan Water Law of 2008 (superseding those laws of 1981 and 1991) are examined by comparing them with main canal data from two pilot studies within the Kunduz Basin. The comparison highlights the difficulty of making these proposed legal frameworks operative. Overall, it appears that the sections within the law on permits and licenses are not implementable within or even useful for the traditional irrigation systems, but mainly play into the hands of the national hydrocracy and please international donors.
2 Wegerich, Kai; Warner, J. (Eds.) 2010. The politics of water: a survey. London, UK: Routledge. 393p.
International waters ; Aquifers ; River basins ; Treaties ; International agreements ; Political aspects ; Legal aspects ; Water governance ; Water rights ; Gender ; Rural poverty ; Irrigation systems ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 WEG Record No: H043018)
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3 Warner, J.; Wegerich, Kai. 2010. Is water politics?: towards international water relations. In Wegerich, Kai; Warner, J. (Eds.). The politics of water: a survey. London, UK: Routledge. pp.3-17.
Water management ; International waters ; International relations ; Political aspects ; Water scarcity ; Water pollution
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H043019)
4 Wegerich, Kai. 2010. Rural poverty reduction: what’s irrigation got to do with it? In Wegerich, Kai; Warner, J. (Eds.). The politics of water: a survey. London, UK: Routledge. pp.201-213.
Irrigation systems ; Privatization ; Water user associations ; Rural poverty ; Groundwater irrigation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H043028)
5 Treffner, J.; Mioc, V.; Wegerich, Kai. 2010. International river basins. In Wegerich, Kai; Warner, J. (Eds.). The politics of water: a survey. London, UK: Routledge. pp.321-369.
River basins ; International waters ; River basin development ; River basin management ; International cooperation / Central Asia / USA / Mexico / Turkey / Syria / Iraq / India / South America / South East Asia / Australia / South Africa / Europe / Aral Sea / Amu Darya River Basin / Syr Darya River Basin / Rio Grande River Basins / Colorado River Basin / Tijuana River Basin / Danube River Basin / Euphrates River Basin / Tigris River Basin / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin / Indus River Basin / Jordan River Basin / La Plata River Basin / Mekong River Basin / Murray-Darling / Nile River Basin / Okavango River Basin / Rhine River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 WEG, e-copy SF Record No: H043030)
6 Olsson, O.; Gassmann, M.; Wegerich, Kai; Bauer, M. 2010. Identification of the effective water availability from streamflows in the Zerafshan river basin, Central Asia. Journal of Hydrology, 390(3-4):190-197. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.042]
River basins ; Hydrology ; Runoff ; Stream flow ; Water availability ; International waters / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Zerafshan Rriver Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043136)
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Quantitative estimates of the hydrologic effects of climate change are essential for understanding and solving potential transboundary water conflicts in the Zerafshan river basin, Central Asia. This paper introduces an identification of runoff generation processes and a detection of changes in hydrological regimes supporting Mann–Kendall trend analysis for streamflows. By this, the effective available and future water resources are identified for the Zerafshan. The results for the subbasins in the upper Zerafshan and for the reference station at the upper catchment outlet indicate that glacier melt is the most significant component of river runoff. The Mann–Kendall trend analysis confirms the regime analysis with the shift in the seasonality of the discharge. Furthermore, the results of the Kendall–Theil Robust Line for predicted long-term discharge trends show a decreasing annual discharge. The experience gained during this study emphasizes the fact that the summer flood, urgently required for the large irrigation projects downstream in Uzbekistan, is reduced and more water will be available in spring. Additionally, following the estimation of future discharges in 50 and 100 years the hydrological changes are affecting the seasonal water availability for irrigation. This analysis highlighted that water availability is decreasing and the timing of availability is changing. Hence, there will be more competition between upstream Tajikistan and downstream Uzbekistan. Planned projects within the basin might have to be reconsidered and the changed scenario of water availability needs to be properly taken into account for long-term basin scale water management.
7 Treffner, J.; Mioc, V.; Wegerich, Kai. 2010. A–Z glossary. In Wegerich, Kai; Warner, J. (Eds.). The politics of water: a survey. London, UK: Routledge. pp.215-320.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H043139)
8 Wegerich, Kai. 2010. Have your cake and eat it too: agenda-setting in Central Asian transboundary rivers. In Arsel, M.; Spoor, M. Water, environmental security and sustainable rural development: conflict and cooperation in Central Eurasia. London, UK: Routledge. pp.175-190.
River basin management ; International waters ; International cooperation ; Water allocation ; Organizations / Central Asia / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan / Amu Darya River Basin / Syr Darya River Basin / Zerafshan River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043140)
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9 Wegerich, Kai; Olsson, O. 2010. Late developers and the inequity of “equitable utilization” and the harm of “do no harm” Water International, 35(6):707-717. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2010.533345]
River basin development ; Watercourses ; International waters ; International inland waters ; Water law ; Equity ; Water use ; Regulations ; International relations / Central Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H043381)
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This paper critically examines the Helsinki Rules (1966), the United Nations Convention (1997) and the Berlin Rules (2004), looking at their emphasis on the principle either of equitable utilization or of doing no harm and analysing the effect of these principles on late developers within a river basin. The analysis reveals that these rules increasingly favour first developers. Today, late developers have even less incentive to subscribe to these rules, but instead must either utilize their own dominance or have a powerful ally to develop their water resources. Given the Millennium Development Goals, the existing recommendations on the sharing of international rivers should be revised so as not to favour the early developers.
10 Wegerich, Kai; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Yakubov, Murat. 2010. Integration and disintegrating of small transboundary tributaries from the larger Syr Darya basin. [Abstract only] In Regional Research Network, Water in Central Asia (CAWa). International Scientific Symposium, Water in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 24-26 November 2010. Volume of abstracts. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Regional Research Network, Water in Central Asia (CAWa) pp.78.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043470)
http://www.fp6.cawater-info.net/library/eng/2010_cawa_symposium_abstract_en.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043470.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043470.pdf
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11 Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Yakubov, Murat; Wegerich, Kai. 2010. Success and limitations of local cooperation on small transboundary rivers within the Ferghana Valley. [Abstract only] In Regional Research Network, Water in Central Asia (CAWa). International Scientific Symposium, Water in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 24-26 November 2010. Volume of abstracts. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Regional Research Network, Water in Central Asia (CAWa) pp.72.
River basins ; International waters ; International cooperation / Central Asia / Ferghana Valley / Syr Darya River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043471)
http://www.fp6.cawater-info.net/library/eng/2010_cawa_symposium_abstract_en.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043471.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043471.pdf
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12 Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Manthrithilake, Herath; Mirzaev, N.; Wegerich, Kai; Jumaboev, Kahramon; Anarbekov, Oyture. 2010. Participatory water governance: lessons from the Ferghana Valley. In Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Efficient Agricultural Water Use and Tropical Issues in Land Reclamation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 10-11 November 2010. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SANIIRI). pp.36-43.
Water governance ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation ; Water user associations ; Institutional reform ; Irrigation canals / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043556)
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13 Wegerich, Kai. 2010. Politics of water in post-Soviet Central Asia. In Heaney, D. (Ed). Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2011. 11th ed. London, UK: Routledge. pp.43-47.
International waters ; International relations ; Political aspects ; River basins ; Canals ; Reservoirs / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Kazakhstan / Syr Darya / Amu Darya / Aral Sea
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043577)
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14 Wegerich, Kai; Warner, J. (Eds.) 2010. The politics of water: a survey. London, UK: Routledge. 393p.
International waters ; Aquifers ; River basins ; Treaties ; International agreements ; Political aspects ; Legal aspects ; Water governance ; Water rights ; Gender ; Rural poverty ; Irrigation systems ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 WEG C2 Record No: H043861)
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15 Wegerich, Kai. 2011. Water resources in Central Asia: regional stability or patchy make-up? Central Asian Survey, 30(2):275-290. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2011.565231]
River basins ; International waters ; Water use ; Water allocation ; Irrigation management / Central Asia / Syr Darya River Basin / Amu Darya River Basin / Talas River Basin / Zerafshan River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043963)
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This article explores the cooperation after independence on four Central Asian transboundary rivers. The paper shows that, even though the Central Asian states agreed in 1992 to continue with the basic water-sharing principles, new agreements had to be made. New agreements were only made in basins with large-scale water-control infrastructure, which have transboundary significance or are transboundary themselves. The inequitable water allocation between the riparian states has continued and has not triggered new agreements.
16 Wegerich, Kai; Olsson, O. 2011. Response to David B. Brooks [on his response in Water International, 36(3):407-409 to the article by Wegerich and Olsson in Water International, 35(6):707–717] Water International, 36(3):410-413. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2011.581872]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H043964)
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17 Thomas, V.; Osmani, A.; Wegerich, Kai. 2011. Local challenges for IWRM in Afghanistan. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 68(3):313-331. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2011.573963]
Water management ; Water power ; Mills ; History ; Conflict ; Canals ; Irrigation water ; Water law / Afghanistan / Taloqan Sub-River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044057)
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Over the past 25 years, there has been a sharp increase in the number and the intensity of use of mills and micro-hydropower units within canal systems in Afghanistan. Before the Soviet occupation, the construction of non-consumptive structures was regulated. Through a case study in one canal along the Taloqan river, the paper shows that an increasing number of poorly designed and badly located structures (including micro-hydropower units) are currently threatening irrigation water availability for downstream areas, as either their unauthorised construction reduce the conveyance capacity of the main canal or their abusive use drains water from the main canal out of the system in its upstream reaches. The article also shows that while relevant initiatives are taken at local and policy level to address the problem, tangible results remain limited owing mainly to limited enforcement capacity.
18 Wegerich, Kai; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Lautze, Jonathan; Platonov, Alexander; Yakubov, Murat. 2012. From monocentric ideal to polycentric pragmatism in the Syr Darya: searching for second best approaches. International Journal of Sustainable Society, 4(1-2):113-130. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSOC.2012.044669]
Water management ; River basin management ; Reservoirs ; Hydrology ; Institutions ; Water allocation ; Water use ; International waters ; Agricultural production / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Kazakhstan / Syr Darya River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044659)
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While best practice in water management typically calls for the use of a basin-level approach, specific guidance in the absence of basin-level management is fairly scant. This paper reviews the experience of the Syr Darya basin to identify insights related to second best practices for water management at scales below the basin level. This paper first presents the causes for the disintegration of river basin management within the Syr Darya, which include both changes in operation of the Toktogul reservoir and rising water demands due to shifts in agricultural production and land ownership. Focus is then devoted specifically to small transboundary tributaries, where bottom-up cooperation has continued or reemerged in recent times. This paper concludes by highlighting the limitations to singular focus on sub-basins and tributaries, suggesting a balance between more intense cooperation and water control on tributaries and a loose overarching framework at the basin level.
19 Wegerich, Kai. 2011. Politics of water in post-Soviet Central Asia. In Heaney, D. (Ed). Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2012. 12th ed. London, UK: Routledge. pp.48-52.
International waters ; International relations ; Political aspects ; River basins ; Canals ; Reservoirs ; Surveys ; Upstream ; Downstream ; USSR ; Irrigation ; Water power / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Kazakhstan / Turkmenistan / Syr Darya / Amu Darya / Aral Sea
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044665)
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20 Stucki, V.; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, M. M.; Varis, O. 2012. Introduction: water and security in Central Asia—solving a Rubik’s Cube. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 28(3):395-397. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2012.684301]
Water resources ; Food security ; Energy resources ; Natural resources ; River basins ; Virtual water ; International waters ; Case studies / Central Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H044910)
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