Instead of re-orienting towards enhancing efficiency, the attention of political economies of the Central Asian States continues to be riveted on increasing resource extraction. Hydraulic mission (engineering water management) maintains its dominating status within water sector reforms of all countries. Forging mutually beneficial regimes for water-energy-agriculture-climate change systems as per the nexus concept requires robust governance and intersectorial coordination. It is historically evident that the Asian countries in question utilized a partial nexus system under the common Soviet centralized economic model. Within the nexus context, the current situation is outlined against the background of the boundary concept, security approach, and systems analyses as well as its holistic melding with the decade-long integrated water resources management efforts in Central Asia. The ability of existing institutional platforms, such as basin councils, to implement a nexus approach to local river catchments, regional watersheds or a national level is examined.
Abdullaev, I; Rakhmatullaev, S
Setting up the agenda for water reforms in Central Asia: Does the nexus approach help?
Environmental Earth Sciences