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Impact of Water and Energy Problems on the Economic Development of Uzbekistan

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Water Resources in Central Asia: International Context

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The article addresses Uzbekistan’s water and hydropower potential inasmuch as it concerns satisfaction of the population’s basic needs, food security, and development of the country’s economy. Besides, the author analyzes Uzbekistan’s interaction with Central Asia’s countries in the spheres of the use of transboundary streams and restoration of the region’s common integrated power transmission system. Special attention is paid to the water-related legislation and programs of development of hydropower land improvement, irrigation, and hydropower sector as such. The author reviews steps taken in 2013–2017 in order to upgrade and expand the country’s irrigation and land improvement systems, as well as its hydropower sector.

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Notes

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    Uzbekistan’s power system includes 48 power generation plants, operated by Uzbekenergo, with a total capacity of more than 12,400 MW, including 28 HPPs with a productivity of more than 1,400 MW.

  2. 2.

    Capacity of 20 small HPPs managed by Uzvodenergo totals 394 MW.

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  1. The Russian Academy of Sciences, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russia

    Elena M. Kuzmina

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  1. Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

    Sergey S. Zhiltsov

  2. Engineering Res. Prod. Center for Water, Management, Land Reclamation and Ecology, Moscow, Russia

    Igor S. Zonn

  3. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Andrey G. Kostianoy

  4. S.Yu. Witte Moscow University, Moscow, Russia

    Aleksandr V. Semenov

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Kuzmina, E.M. (2018). Impact of Water and Energy Problems on the Economic Development of Uzbekistan. In: Zhiltsov, S., Zonn, I., Kostianoy, A., Semenov, A. (eds) Water Resources in Central Asia: International Context. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 85. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2017_221

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