The handbook of environmental chemistry founding editor: Otto Hutzinger ; editors in chief: Damià Barceló Andrey G. Kostianoy ; volume 85: Water resources in Central Asia: international context This book outlines the current status of water resources management in Central Asia countries and provides a review of the history policies and transboundary cooperation regarding water resources in the region. Particular attention is given to the water energy food environmental nexus and to the application of the UNECE Environmental Conventions in Central Asia. Readers will also learn about the US and German environmental policies applied in Central Asia and will discover specific case studies on water resources policies in Kazakhstan China Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Together with the companion volumes on Water Bodies and Climate Change in Central Asia and Water Resources Management in Central Asia it offers a valuable source of information for a broad readership from students and scientists interested in the environmental sciences to policymakers and practitioners working in the fields of water resources policy and management international relations and environmental issues Introduction Water resources in Central Asia: Historical overview Legal framework of interstate cooperation on water resources of Central Asia Institutional cooperation on water resources in Central Asia Transboundary rivers in Central Asia: Cooperation and conflicts among countries Application of the UNECE Environmental Conventions in Central Asia Water Energy Food Environmental Nexus in Central Asia: From Transition to Transformation U.S. Policy in Central Asia: Water Energy Nexus Priorities German water resources policy in Central Asia Water Transboundary Policy of Kazakhstan and China Water resource policy of Kazakhstan Contemporary Water Policy of Kyrgyzstan Impact of Water and Energy Problems on the Economic Development of Uzbekistan Soft Power of Tajikistan on the Water Agenda: Cross Scale Dynamics Turkmenistan water resghources policy in Central Asia Afghanistan water resources policy in Central Asia Conclusions