Research Articles

Research Articles:

1. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs40333-018-0073-3.pdf. Climate change, water resources and sustainable development in the arid and semi-arid lands of Central Asia in the past 30 years. Journal of Arid Land, February 2019, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 1–14. Yu Yang, Pi Yuanyue, Yu Xiang, Ta Zhijie, Sun Lingxiao, Markus Disse, Zeng Fanjiang, Li Yaoming, Chen Xi , Yu Ruide.
   The paper presents a review of environmental changes and regional developments of Central Asia over the past 30 years. The climate changes, water resources, land use changes, and population and economic growth developments of Central Asia are described based on the works of international and regional researchers. The study also outlines the issue of a lack of cooperation among the Central Asian governments in water resources management and environmental protection.
2. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0305750X18303140?token=FD946C4E26CFD8F4E9A482ACFED767A2D4416461B41124FABC0EE514EB459B386F6295CF23BD0B2B5A54EBA520FE5319 Long- and short-term determinants of water user cooperation: Experimental evidence from Central Asia. World Development, Volume 113, January 2019, pp. 10-25. Iroda Amirova, Martin Petrick, Nodir Djanibekov.
   The paper focuses on the question of how water users-farmers’ self-governance affects their contributions to the public infrastructure compared to external regulation and on the discussion of the long-term and short term drivers of water cooperation in Central Asia. For these purposes the paper examines the contributions of individual farmers to a public irrigation infrastructure in two regions of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
3. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/5/688/pdf. Water Supply Challenges in Rural Areas: A Case Study from Central Kazakhstan. International. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16, 688. Alua Omarova, Kamshat Tussupova, Peder Hjorth , Marat Kalishev and Raushan Dosmagambetova. The paper assesses the current access to and the perceived water quality in villages with various types of water supply. Although official statistics on water access per person in each village are available, that do not reflect the complex realities of the current situation. Therefore, the survey was carried out during July–December 2017 in four villages in Central Kazakhstan.
4. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/3/505 The User and the Association: Neglecting Household Irrigation as Neglecting Household Well-being in the Creation of Water Users’ Associations in the Republic of Tajikistan. Water 2019, 11(3), 505. K.MacDonald.
   The paper discusses the role of Water Users’ Associations (WUAs) in water management in Tajikistan. Relatedly, the place of kitchen garden cultivators within legal frameworks and the implications of their exclusion from WUAs are discussed on the base of community-based natural resource management and empirical literature.
5. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/3/554 Multi-Objective Calibration of a Distributed Hydrological Model in a Highly Glacierized Watershed in Central Asia. Water 2019, 11(3), 554. Huiping Ji ,Gonghuan Fang,Jing Yang and Yaning Chen.
   The study examines the glacio-hydrological processes in the SaryDjaz-Kumaric River basin in Central Asia. A multi-objective sensitivity analysis and calibration procedure are used show the hydrological processes in the alpine catchment and quantify the contributions of rainfall, snowmelt, and glacier melt to the streamflow.
6. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022343318808347 Energy resources and the risk of conflict in shared river basins. Journal of Peace Research, 1-16. Sojeong Lee & Sara McLaughlin Mitchell.
   The paper investigates how the possession of energy resources and states’ upstream or downstream geographical position in interstate river basins affects the chances for militarized conflict and cooperation between pairs of states on shared river basins. The Aral Sea and Ganges river basins in Asia are used as case illustrations for the theoretical arguments.
7. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11442-019-1585-2 Glacier and snow variations and their impacts on regional water resources in mountains. Journal of Geographical Sciences, January 2019, Volume 29, Issue 1, pp. 84–100. Haijun Deng, Yaning Chen, Yang Li.
   The study focuses on the analysis of variations in glaciers, snow, water storage, and runoff. Three mountainous river basins- Aksu, Kaidou, and Urumqi rivers- are chosen to show the effects of glacier and snow changes on regional water resources in the Tianshan mountains.
8. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/5/499 Changes in Snow Phenology from 1979 to 2016 over the Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia. Remote Sensing, 2019, 11(5), 499. Tao Yang, Qian Li, Sajjad Ahmad, Hongfei Zhou and Lanhai Li.
   The paper studies the spatiotemporal variability of snow phenology on the base of a microwave snow data from 1979 to 2016 across the Tianshan mountains. The study also investigates the implications and features of snow changes on water resources.
9. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0378377418314070?token=3646232A8A9CBF067CC147D1D95357807FE8D9362889C0825048ACFC280841141B9BC3C73009F76CAAD03BFE540882A7 Impacts of irrigation efficiency on agricultural water-land nexus system management under multiple uncertainties—A case study in Amu DaryaRiver basin, Central Asia. Agricultural Water Management, Volume 216, 1 May 2019, pp. 76-88. J. Sun, Y.P. Li, C. Suo, Y.R. Liu.
   In this study a possibilistic-flexible chance-constrained programming (PFCP) has been designed and applied to managing water-land nexus system (WLNS) of the lower reaches of Amu Darya river basin. Over 1000 scenarios on different irrigation schemes, water and land resources allocation patterns, electricity consumption, and risk-averse behaviors have been developed for assessing the effects of irrigation efficiency on the WLNS management.
10. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0140196318319773?token=99B19FDF5E867E406D73D135CBD8861D9FDD91E1BA89F75707C1DEBF45BE5F951035B1DAB5E606B5ACFE8E53AC65DF81 Spatio-temporal supply–demand of surface water for agroforestry planning in saline landscape of the lower Amudarya Basin. Journal of Arid Environments, Volume 162, March 2019, pp. 53-61. Navneet Kumar, Asia Khamzina, Bernhard Tischbein, Patrick Knöfel, Christopher Conrad, John P.A. Lamers.
    Relying on the study of spatio-temporal dynamics of water supply-demand in the lower Amudarya reaches the paper develops a hydrological algorithm which could serve as a guidance for afforestation in degraded cropland areas. The algorithm allows to distinguish the overly irrigated and water stressed areas and determine water availability characteristics of the croplands.
11. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S2211467X19300367?token=8A99976AA7971E3AFD4A485367FA228289EE19364660BE8096E6C0471FB5AE3E447C3731BF1176A327D1344B810BA00A Impact of future energy policy on water resources in Kazakhstan. Energy Strategy Reviews, Volume 24, April 2019, pp. 261-267. Pedro Rivotti, Marat Karatayev, Zenaida Sobral Mourão, Nilay Shah, Michèle L. Clarke, D. Dennis Konadu.
    The paper seeks to provide an integrated analysis of the water resource availability to back up the shift to a new green energy system in Kazakhstan. For this purpose the study considers the present and future water requirements of the new energy system and the availability of water resources associated with the relevant changes in the energy system.
12. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20442041.2018.1510271?scroll=top&needAccess=true Status, trends, and future dynamics of freshwater ecosystems in Europe and Central Asia. Journal Inland Waters, Volume 9, 2019, Issue 1. R. E. Gozlan, B. K. Karimov, E. Zadereev, D. Kuznetsova & S. Brucet.
    The paper provides an analysis of trends and drivers for freshwater biodiversity and ecosystems in Europe and Central Asia. The study seeks to identify future trends as well and provide the review of the knowledge on future conservation efforts.
13. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619304196 Managing the water-climate- food nexus for sustainable development in Turkmenistan. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 220, 20 May 2019, pp. 212-224. Weili Duan, Yaning Chen, Shan Zou, Daniel Nover.
    The study presents an assessment of the water-climate-food nexus for the Amydarya river basin in Turkmenistan for the period 2016 to 2055. Future socio-economic scenarios are simulated to reveal future water requirements, water availability, crop yields and land and water productivities.
14. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/%28ASCE%29WR.1943-5452.0001047 Benefits of Cooperation in Transnational Water-Energy Systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Volume 145, Issue 5, May 2019. Jakob Luchner, Niels D. Riegels, & Peter Bauer-Gottwein.
    This study uses the water value method to derive optimal reservoir operating rules for Toktogul Reservoir under different levels of international cooperation in both water and energy sectors. Multisectoral cooperation scenarios are comparatively analyzed and the costs and benefits of different assumptions about cooperation are estimated.
15. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818118303096 Quantifying the contributions of snow/glacier meltwater to river runoff in the Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia. Global and Planetary Change, Volume 174, March 2019, pp. 47-57. Haiyan Chen, Yaning Chen, Weihong Li , Zhi Li.
    The study evaluates the contributions of snow/glacier meltwater to river runoff in the Tianshan mountains. In this regard, the relationships between ratios of snow/glacier meltwater and snow area/glacier area ratios are examined as well.
16. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/esp.4532 Rock-glacier dams in High Asia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 44, Issue 3 (2019). Jan H. Blothe, Swenja Rosenwinkel, Thorsten Hoser, Oliver Korup.
    The study maps rock glaciers and examines their impacts on rivers and valley floors in the mountain belts- the Karakoram, Tienshan and Altai with the latter two being also part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. In particular, the effects of rock glaciers on river processes, forming lakes, backwater sediment wedge and constricting channels are identified.
17. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02626667.2019.1588972?needAccess=true Dynamics and driving mechanisms of asymmetric human water consumption during alternating wet and dry periods. Hydrological Sciences Journal . Fuqiang Tian, You Lu, Hongchang Hu, Wolfgang Kinzelbach & Murugesu Sivapalan.
    The study provides socio-hydrological analysis of human water consumption between wet and dry periods in arid inland basins in Central Asia and China. The observed pattern of human water consumption in the alternating wet and dry cycles is analyzed at both individual and community levels.
18. https://www.sciencedirect.com/sdfe/reader/pii/S0140196318318305/pdf Estimation of water storage changes in small endorheic lakes in Northern Kazakhstan . Journa of Arid Environments, 160 (2019), pp. 42-55. Vadim Yapiyev, Kanat Samarkhanov, Nazym Tulegenova, Saltanat Jumassultanova, Anne Verhoef, ZarinaSaidaliyeva, Nursultan Umirov, Zhanay Sagintayev, Assel Namazbayeva.
    The paper seeks to estimate the water cover extent and water storage changes for 11 small-sized terminal lakes in Burabay Nature Park (BNP) in Northern Kazakhstan from 1986 to 2016. In addition to the impacts of historical climate conditions, the effects of anthropogenic activities on water balance of the BNNP lake catchments is studied as well.
19. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ird.2321 Assessing Water Use, Energy Use And Carbon Emissions In Lift- Irrigated Areas: A Case Study From Karshi Steppe In Uzbekistan . Journal of Irrigation and Drainage. Kakhramon Djumaboev, Tulkun Yuldashev, Bunyod Holmatov, Zafar Gafurov.
    The paper evaluates water and energy use intensity and associated greenhouse emissions in irrigated areas of the Karshi Steppe of Central Asia. Proper irrigation and water management practices are described for water-energy savings and the reduction of CO2 emissions.
20. https://www.sciencedirect.com/sdfe/reader/pii/S0022169418308643/pdf Water management paradigm shifts in the Caspian Sea region: Review and outlook. Journal of Hydrology, 568 (2019), pp. 997-1006. Zarema Akhmadiyeva, Iskandar Abdullaev.
    The paper considers water management paradigms in the Caspian sea basin through the chronological analysis of water sector developments, agreements between the littoral states and important technical and political changes. Furthermore, the study provides new directions for the role of society in the governance of the Caspian Sea resources.