WATER AS A FACTOR OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: THE EFFECTS OF INACTION AND BENEFITS OF COOPERATION

Abstract

The population of Central Asia lives in high-risk areas in terms of water security. Growing population implies an increase in economic activity and demand for water resources; besides that, Improper use of water resources causes a reduction in river flow, drying out of lakes, disappearance of wetlands, the threat of the extinction of the Aral Sea and a decrease in groundwater levels. Such alarming forecasts emphasize the need to abandon previous approaches to the use of water resources, which affects the safety of residents and which depend not only on the technological achievements of science, but also on politics, management and public values.

doi.org/10.52536/KS/vol_97_issue_1_A7