Central Asia’s Ili River Ecosystem as a Wicked Problem: Unraveling Complex Interrelationships at the Interface of Water, Energy, and Food

The Ili River originates in the mountains of Xinjiang, China, and flows across an increasingly arid landscape before terminating in Kazakhstan’s Lake Balkhash, which has no outlet to the ocean. The river has been extensively impounded and diverted over the past half century to produce hydr...

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Main Authors: Steven G. Pueppke, Sabir T. Nurtazin, Norman A. Graham, Jiaguo Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/5/541