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Water in Central Eurasia @ Pitt: Articles

A guide for research on water resources in Central Eurasia

Articles

Abdullaev, Iskandar, and Shavkat Rakhmatullaev. “Transformation of water management in Central Asia: from state-centric, hydraulic mission to socio-political control,” Environmental Earth Science 73, no. 2 (2015): 849–861.
Chen, Yaning, Weihong Li, Haijun Deng, et al. "Corrigendum: Changes in Central Asia's Water Tower: Past, Present and Future," Scientific Reports 6 (Dec. 2016).
Deng, Haijun, Yaning Chen. "Influences of recent Climate Change and Human Activities on Water Storage Variations in Central Asia," Journal of Hydrology 544 (Jan. 2017).
Dukhovny, Victor A, Vadim I. Sokolov, and Dinara Ziganshina. "The Role of Donors in Addressing Water Problems in Central Asia," Irrigation and Drainage 65, S1 (Oct. 2016).
Howard, Ken W. F., and Karina K. Howard. “The new ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ as a threat to the sustainable management of Central Asia’s transboundary water resources,” Environmental Earth Sciences 75, no. 11 (June 2016).
Janusz-Pawletta, Barbara. "Current Legal Challenges to Institutional Governance of Transboundary Water Resources in Central Asia and Joint Management Arrangements," Environmental Earth Sciences 73, no. 2 (Jan. 2015).
Shui, Fengzhi, Chengyi Zhao, Dongyuan Sun, et al. "Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in central Asia area: a case study of the Tailan River Basin," Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 26, no. 7 (Oct. 2012): 961-970.
Siegfried, Tobias, Thomas Bernauer, Renaud Guiennet, et al. "Will climate change exacerbate water stress in Central Asia?," Climate Change 112, no. 3 (June 2012).
Thevs, Niels, Eva Strenge, Kumar Aliev, et al. “Three shelterbelts as an element to improve water resource management in central Asia,” Water 9, no. 11 (Oct. 2017).
U. S. House of of Representatives (Committee on Foreign Affairs), "Water as a Geopolitical Threat," Hearing before the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats," January 16, 2014. (PDF)
Varis, Olli. “Resources: curb vast water use in Central Asia,” Nature 514, no. 7520 (2014): 27-29.
Vogtmann, Hartmut, and Nikolai Dobretsov, eds. Transboundary Water Resources: Strategies for Regional Security and Ecological Stability, Novosibirsk, Russia, August 25-27, 2003.
Wegerich, Kai. “Water resources in Central Asia: regional stability or patchy make-up?” Central Asian Survey, 30, no. 2 (June 2011).
Zhiltsov, S. S. "Politics of Central Asia: Water and Energy Aspect," RUDN: Journal of Political Science 3 (Dec. 2016).
Zhupankhan, Aibek, Kamshat Tussupova, and Ronny Berndtsson. "Could Changing Power Relationships Lead to Better Water Sharing in Central Asia?," Water 9, no. 2 (Feb. 2017).