Water governance has emerged as perhaps the most important topic of the international
water community in the 21st century, and achieving “good” water governance is now a focus …

Water governance research is confronted with a messy world that is difficult to make sense
of. Mainstream policy approaches tend to simplify and standardise this messiness in ways …

Following their independence, the two Central Asian states of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
decided on similar water governance reforms: transfer of local irrigation management to …

This paper discusses how climatic-hydrological and socio-political developments will affect
water allocation in the Syr Darya river basin and which adaptation measures will be needed …

This paper examines the recent emerging informal Water Users Groups (WUGs) on the
Ferghana Valley for managing of the water at the former collective farm level and potential …

Central Asian water management has always been linked to energy and security politics.
The region is abundant in water as well as in natural energy sources. However, distribution …

Integrated water resources management (IWRM) forms the widely accepted ecosystem
approach to managing water and its related resources in a sustainable way. Nevertheless …

Abstract After the Central Asian republics became independent in 1991, the transformation
process challenged water governance arrangements at all levels. Analysis of transboundary …

Based on anthropological fieldwork between 2006 and 2008, this article compares how
people in the Toktogul region of Kyrgyzstan understand and interact with water in three …

Jeanne Féaux de la Croix maps three iconic places as part of Central Asians''moral
geographies' and examines their role in navigating socialist, neo-liberal and neo-Islamic life …