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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_3
Chapter 3
Major Water Engineering Projects:
Defi nitions, Framework Conditions,
Systemic Effects
Sebastian Hoechstetter , Christine Bismuth , and Hans-Georg Frede
Abstract This chapter aims at providing an overview of major water engineering
projects as they are perceived within the scope of this volume. Furthermore, general
principles of water technologies and their role in water confl icts and for solving
water-related problems are outlined. An evaluation framework of technological
measures for water management is meant to serve as a guiding concept for the indepth analysis of the two study regions dealt with in this volume, i.e. the Fergana
Valley and the Lower Jordan Valley.
Keywords Water technology • Defi nition of MWEPs • Trends in water engineering
• Path dependency • Evaluation framework • Water storage • Water distribution •
Water use • Integrated water resource management • Water engineering
S. Hoechstetter (*)
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences ,
Telegrafenberg , 14473 Potsdam , Germany
e-mail: sebastian.hoechstetter@gmx.de
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
H.-G. Frede
Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management (ILR) ,
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen , Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 , 35392 Gießen , 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_3
Chapter 3
Major Water Engineering Projects:
Defi nitions, Framework Conditions,
Systemic Effects
Sebastian Hoechstetter , Christine Bismuth , and Hans-Georg Frede
Abstract This chapter aims at providing an overview of major water engineering
projects as they are perceived within the scope of this volume. Furthermore, general
principles of water technologies and their role in water confl icts and for solving
water-related problems are outlined. An evaluation framework of technological
measures for water management is meant to serve as a guiding concept for the indepth analysis of the two study regions dealt with in this volume, i.e. the Fergana
Valley and the Lower Jordan Valley.
Keywords Water technology • Defi nition of MWEPs • Trends in water engineering
• Path dependency • Evaluation framework • Water storage • Water distribution •
Water use • Integrated water resource management • Water engineering
S. Hoechstetter (*)
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences ,
Telegrafenberg , 14473 Potsdam , Germany
e-mail: sebastian.hoechstetter@gmx.de
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
H.-G. Frede
Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management (ILR) ,
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen , Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 , 35392 Gießen , Germany