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© The Author(s) 2016
R.F. Hüttl et al. (eds.), Society - Water - Technology, Water Resources
Development and Management, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18971-0_7
Chapter 7
Research in Two Case Studies: Irrigation
and Land Use in the Fergana Valley and Water
Management in the Lower Jordan Valley
Christine Bismuth , Sebastian Hoechstetter , and Oliver Bens
Abstract This chapter aims to present an overview of the two case studies
“Irrigation and land use in the Fergana Valley” and “Water management in the
Lower Jordan Valley”. It names the main criteria and reasons for their selection as
cases in the study of implications of major water engineering projects. The political
and cultural conditions in these regions and the major issues and problems concerning water management are outlined in broad terms.
Keywords Fergana Valley • Lower Jordan Valley • Central Asia • Irrigation • Land
use • Water management • Major water engineering projects • Red Sea • Dead Sea
Conveyance Project • Study of alternatives • World Bank
7.1 Selection of the Case Studies: A Wide Spectrum of
Socio- Economic and Ecological Framework Conditions
There are many examples and varying types of major water engineering projects
(MWEPs) over the globe. The range of related technologies, resource challenges,
impacts and the political and governance systems that such projects are embedded
into is equally wide. In order to cover as many practical and theoretical aspects and
framework settings of MWEPs, we have decided to select two case studies: the Uzbek
C. Bismuth (*)
Interdisciplinary Research Group Society - Water - Technology ,
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities ,
Jägerstraße 22/23 , 10117 Berlin , Germany
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences ,
Telegrafenberg , 14473 Potsdam , Germany
e-mail: bismuth@gfz-potsdam.de
S. Hoechstetter • O. Bens
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences ,
Telegrafenberg , 14473 Potsdam , Germany
© The Author(s) 2016
R.F. Hüttl et al. (eds.), Society - Water - Technology, Water Resources
Development and Management, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18971-0_7
Chapter 7
Research in Two Case Studies: Irrigation
and Land Use in the Fergana Valley and Water
Management in the Lower Jordan Valley
Christine Bismuth , Sebastian Hoechstetter , and Oliver Bens
Abstract This chapter aims to present an overview of the two case studies
“Irrigation and land use in the Fergana Valley” and “Water management in the
Lower Jordan Valley”. It names the main criteria and reasons for their selection as
cases in the study of implications of major water engineering projects. The political
and cultural conditions in these regions and the major issues and problems concerning water management are outlined in broad terms.
Keywords Fergana Valley • Lower Jordan Valley • Central Asia • Irrigation • Land
use • Water management • Major water engineering projects • Red Sea • Dead Sea
Conveyance Project • Study of alternatives • World Bank
7.1 Selection of the Case Studies: A Wide Spectrum of
Socio- Economic and Ecological Framework Conditions
There are many examples and varying types of major water engineering projects
(MWEPs) over the globe. The range of related technologies, resource challenges,
impacts and the political and governance systems that such projects are embedded
into is equally wide. In order to cover as many practical and theoretical aspects and
framework settings of MWEPs, we have decided to select two case studies: the Uzbek
C. Bismuth (*)
Interdisciplinary Research Group Society - Water - Technology ,
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities ,
Jägerstraße 22/23 , 10117 Berlin , Germany
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences ,
Telegrafenberg , 14473 Potsdam , Germany
e-mail: bismuth@gfz-potsdam.de
S. Hoechstetter • O. Bens
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences ,
Telegrafenberg , 14473 Potsdam , Germany