Transboundary water management: The Rogun Dam in Tajikistan
Briefing
21-08-2013
In more than 260 transboundary watercourses around the world, the closely linked issues of energy, water and agriculture cause difficulties. Tensions between energy-starved Tajikistan and cotton-producing Uzbekistan over the planned Rogun hydro-electric dam illustrate the continuing 'water versus energy' debate. At the same time, the scarcity of water resources in Central Asia is often caused by mismanagement.
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Politikområde
Nøgleord
- anvendelse af vand
- Asien - Oceanien
- atom- og elektricitetsindustri
- drift af landbrugsjord
- ENERGI
- energikrise
- energipolitik
- GEOGRAFI
- international sikkerhed
- INTERNATIONALE RELATIONER
- LANDBRUG, SKOVBRUG OG FISKERI
- landbrugsmæssig vandforsyning
- mellemfolkelig tvist
- MILJØ
- miljøindvirkning
- miljøpolitik
- naturligt miljø
- politisk geografi
- regionalt samarbejde
- samarbejdspolitik
- Tadsjikistan
- Usbekistan
- vandforbrug
- vandkraftenergi
- vandløb