CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Karina, Zhanel |
|---|---|
| Title | Kazakhstan's National Priorities and Political and Institutional Response to the Water-Energy-Climate-Food Nexus: the Effects on the Ili-Balkhash Basin |
| Summary | This thesis evaluates Kazakhstan’s political and institutional response to the nexus and explores its implications on the Ili-Balkhash basin through a comprehensive analysis of the political and institutional settings and a causal-chain analysis, identifying root causes of the problems in the basin. To achieve this objective, national strategic documents and interviews with representatives from different institutions were analyzed. The analysis of the political setting identified national priorities and their consideration of the nexus components. The analysis of the institutional setting identified the main actors in the fields of water, energy, climate and food. According to the analyses, the components of the nexus are not equally addressed, where water has the least attention. It causes current problems on the basin level, which can become more urgent given that the negative combination of internal and external factors takes place. Recommendations on the mitigation of the internal factors are provided. |
| Supervisor | Mnatsakanian Ruben |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/karina_zhanel.pdf |
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