 Hydro-economic Problems in the South of Western SiberiaV.A.Vasilenko(vasil@ieie.nsc.ru) Journal "Region: Economics and Sociology", 2014, vol. 4 Abstract: The paper analyzes factors which aggravate hydro-economic tension in the southern part of Western Siberia, which are due to climatic conditions and anthropogenic impact on water resources leading to their depletion and deterioration. We examine ways to reduce water scarcity: redistribution of the river flow from regions with abundance of water to regions with its deficit and improvement of technological situation in agriculture, industry and public utilities. It is emphasized that agrartan production is currently under natural regime - its efficiency is largely determined by weather conditions; so development of hydraulic reclamation (irrigation and drainage) should make it stable. It is shown that development of domestic production for the water sector of economy and overcoming dependence on import are the main ways to decrease hydro-economic tension, increase quality of water resources, and improve environmental situation and conditions of social and economic development of the southern part of Western Siberia Keywords: Western Siberia; Ob-Irtysh basin; water supply; water management; redistribution of the river flow; technological inferiority; environmental consequences (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nos:regioe:2014-4_11 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal "Region: Economics and Sociology" from Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of Siberian Branch of RAS |
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