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Erschienen in: Water Resources Management 15/2017

18.08.2017

Optimizing Adjustments to Transboundary Water Sharing Plans: A Multi-Basin Approach

verfasst von: Sarah Acquah, Frank A. Ward

Erschienen in: Water Resources Management | Ausgabe 15/2017

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Abstract

Afghanistan contributes water supplies to Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. However, with the exception of the Helmand Basin, Afghanistan has negotiated transboundary water sharing agreements with no downstream country. This paper describes a constrained optimization framework to minimize economic costs within each of nine Afghan transboundary basins of adapting to potential water sharing agreements. Model results show impacts of water agreements on farm income and food security for each Afghan basin. Our results show that unrestricted trading reduces the economic costs of adapting to water sharing treaties by two to 6 % compared to the conventional water sharing system. A higher scale of reservoir storage capacity as well as market trading of water among regions moderates costs of water shortages, both with and without water agreements in place.

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Metadaten
Titel
Optimizing Adjustments to Transboundary Water Sharing Plans: A Multi-Basin Approach
verfasst von
Sarah Acquah
Frank A. Ward
Publikationsdatum
18.08.2017
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Water Resources Management / Ausgabe 15/2017
Print ISSN: 0920-4741
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-1650
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1794-3

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