Comparative Assessment of the Mountainous River Basin in Kyrgyz-Kazakh Region of Central Asia with River Basins in Australia, Canada and USA
Kurishbaev A. Amanzholova R. Adenova D. Sagin J. Burlibayeva D. Sarsekova D. Alikhanov K. Serikkanov A. King R.
April 2024Grassroots Institute
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources
2024#7Issue 199 - 122 pp.
Central Asia is among the most heavily affected regions worldwide by climate change and water shortages. Impacts include changes in precipitation patterns, more frequent temperature extremes and increased aridity causing a negative impact on agricultural production, food availability, and environmental security. To combat this threat, it is important to enhance information literacy among all water users. This can be done through awareness campaigns, blended learning by providing the proper Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs and utilizing all available facilities. This will address relevant issues, such as miscommunication, complexities of transboundary water sharing issues, overexploitation of water resources, and poor flood-drought mitigation techniques. Proper and user-friendly lifelong blended learning for scientific information dissemination focusing water issues can provide stronger support to increase awareness among water users and decision policy makers. Worldwide, especially in North America and Australia, information literacy campaigns have proven successful. This strategy can be replicated in the Mountainous Kyrgyz-Kazakh Chu-Talas transboundary river basin. The issues concerning the Mountainous Kyrgyz-Kazakh Chu-Talas transboundary river basin is elaborated and compared with Australian, Canadian, and US river basin management programs. The foresight analysis is presented, as to what would be a rationale to improve water resources more sustainably in Central Asia. Methodologies, programs, technologies, communities-based river basin committees, snow-water collection with agroforestry, and basin-based water market opportunities were analyzed to assess potential applications in Central Asia region.
Central Asia , Foresight , River basin , Sustainability , Water resources
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Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Abay Avenue 8, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
Kazakh-British Technical University, Tole Bi Street 59, Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan
Institute of Hydrogeology, Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Institute of Geography and Water Security, Pushkin St 99, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Shevchenko St., Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
Kazakh National Agrarian Research University
Kazakh-British Technical University
Institute of Hydrogeology
Institute of Geography and Water Security
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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