PROSPECTS FOR CENTRAL ASIA DEVELOPMENT-INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AS REGIONAL ISSUES SOLUTION

摘要

No one needs to be convinced that water is a source and sustainer of life, a guarantee of purity and health, a base of production, an energy producer and one of our most basic needs without which nature cannot survive. Water is one of the fundamental driving forces of sustainable development and it is to the benefit of humanity that it is a renewable resource. However, we are not always its wise consumers and users.