The new “Silk Road Economic Belt” as a threat to the sustainable management of Central Asia’s transboundary water resources

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Howard, Ken W F ^a   Howard, Karina K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aral basin; Central Asia; Sustainable management; Transboundary aquifers; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; SILK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARAL BASIN; CENTRAL ASIA; NATURAL POPULATION; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES; WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; REFORM PROCESS; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

ARAL SEA; CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; USSR; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 84975811109     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5752-9     Document Type: Article

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