Facts and perspectives of water reservoirs in Central Asia: A special focus on Uzbekistan

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-320

  Rakhmatullaev, Shavkat ^a,b   Huneau, Frédéric ^b   Coustumer, Philippe Le ^b   Motelica Heino, Mikael ^c   Bakiev, Masharif ^a  

^a TASHKENT INSTITUTE OF IRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION ENGINEERS   (Uzbekistan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Dam management; Hydropower; Irrigation; Sedimentation; Transboundary waters; Water policy; Water reservoirs

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; IRRIGATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; HYDROPOWER; STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES; WATER POLICIES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 85054528533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w2020307     Document Type: Article

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