Creation of adaptation mechanisms: the key to more cost-effective and environment-friendly water management

摘要

In the Central Asia region, with its inherent climatic conditions, the choice of place and geographical location for building reservoirs is a problem. Estimation (Shirokov & Lopukh, 1985) of the degree of influence of reservoirs in arid zones on the surrounding environment is possible by the use of coefficient K_(sur.env):rnK_(sur.env)=ΣS_i/S_(Si).100%rnwhere K_(sur.em) is the coefficient of reservoir influences on environment; 5,, area of the territory under the influence of the reservoir (km~2); S_(oi), basin area (km~2).