The 2004 follow-up survey report to the 2003 baseline survey of three pilot WUAs in the Ferghana Valley

Water management / Irrigation management / Water users’ associations / Water delivery / Irrigation canals / Watercourses / Maintenance / Labor / Conflict / Households / Income / Uzbekistan / Ferghana Valley

Investment appealof the metallurgical enterprises of Uzbekistan

Секция 2. Микроэкономический анализ и повышение конкурентоспособности субъектов хозяйствования и отраслей экономик

Surface Roughness and Hydrodynamic Boundary Conditions

We report results of investigations of a high-speed drainage of thin aqueous films squeezed between randomly nanorough surfaces. A significant decrease in hydrodynamic resistance force as compared with predicted by Taylor's equation is observed. However, this reduction in force does not represents the slippage. The measured force is exactly the same as that between equivalent smooth surfaces obeying no-slip boundary conditions, but located at the intermediate position between peaks and valleys of asperities. The shift in hydrodynamic thickness is shown to be independent on the separation and/or shear rate. Our results disagree with previous literature data reporting very large and shear-dependent boundary slip for similar systems.Comment: Revised versio

Rational use of the privatized enterprises state assets within Uzbekistan

Секция 3. Государственное регулирование и приоритеты социально-экономического развития в современных условия

Institutional reforms at main canal level and their water allocation and yield impacts : A case from South Ferghana Canal, Uzbekistan

Institutional development / Organizational change / Water users associations / Irrigation management / Canals / Water allocation / Water distribution / Irrigated farming / Cotton / Wheat / Yields / Uzbekistan / South Ferghana Canal

Handbook on implementing a time-based water distribution: for WUA hydrotechnicians in Central Asia with examples from the Sokolok Distributory off the Aravan-Akbura Main Canal in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan

Water distribution / Irrigation scheduling / Handbooks / Water requirements / Crop production / Irrigation canals / Water users / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan