Climate change and sustainable water management in central Asia | Land Portal

Resource information

Date of publication: 
January 2014
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
eldis:A68408

This working paper explores adaptation options in Central Asia. It describes the results of research conducted by a technical assistance in Central Asia. The research combined field observations with satellite-based data and created models to demonstrate the impacts of climate change on the hydrology of the Aral Sea Basin. The adaptation options explored can be summarised in three broad categories: 1) Expanding the supply of water available in the future, 2) Increasing the productivity of water and 3) Reducing future demand for water.

The paper argues that climate change will put additional challenges on decision makers to manage water resources in a beneficial way both to the environment and human life and that solutions are possible when decision makers act adequately, resources are available and actions are taken in common understanding of all countries.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

M. Punkari
P. Droogers
W. Immerzeel

Publisher(s): 

The Asian Development Bank was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions in the world.


As a multilateral development finance institution, ADB provides:


  • loans
  • technical assistance
  • grants

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