Water resource management in Central Asia and Afghanistan : current and future environmental and water issues The book provides a cross sectoral multi scale assessment of development directed investigations in the main rivers of wider Central Asia and Afghanistan. The book highlights the development of river systems water reservoirs ecosystems and risks as well as the impact of climate change on water resources in Central Asian countries and Afghanistan. It provides information on the genesis of river basins physical and chemical properties of water in rivers and the hydrological regimes of the rivers of Central Asia and Afghanistan. The book is useful for scientists and researchers whose work focuses on rivers and the use of water resources irrigation ecosystems risks water supply climate change and remote sensing as well as for students and planners administrations and other stakeholders in the water sector.