Environmental Crises In Central Asia

Author : Eric Freedman,Mark Neuzil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317836094

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Environmental Crises in Central Asia by Eric Freedman,Mark Neuzil Pdf

Environmental conditions do not exist in a vacuum. They are influenced by science, politics, history, public policy, culture, economics, public attitudes, and competing priorities, as well as past human decisions. In the case of Central Asia, such Soviet-era decisions include irrigation systems and physical infrastructure that are now crumbling, mine tailings that leach pollutants into soil and groundwater, and abandoned factories that are physically decrepit and contaminated with toxic chemicals. Environmental Crises in Central Asia highlights major environmental challenges confronting the region’s former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include threats to the Caspian and Aral seas, the impact of climate change on glaciers, desertification, deforestation, destruction of habitat and biodiversity, radioactive and hazardous wastes, water quality and supply, energy exploration and development, pesticides and food security, and environmental health. The ramifications of these challenges cross national borders and may affect economic, political, and cultural relationships on a vast geographic scale. At the same time, the region’s five governments have demonstrated little resolve to address these complex challenges. This book is a valuable multi-disciplinary resource for academics, scholars, and policymakers in environmental sciences, geography, political science, natural resources, mass communications, public health, and economics.

Author : Jiaguo Qi,Kyle T. Evered
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402089602

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Environmental Problems of Central Asia and their Economic, Social and Security Impacts by Jiaguo Qi,Kyle T. Evered Pdf

Over the last 60 years, we have recognized increasingly that our world is connected, and the impacts of environmental catastrophes and economic crises in one region of our world have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences globally. Central Asia is a developing region with great potential, but there are valid concerns that current resource management practices are not sustainable, particularly with regard to the management of water resources. Recent changes in social structures, accompanied by regional climate change, have caused substantial environmental changes leading to security concerns in the region. As a result, the local economy has been significantly impacted to the extent that the potential for social unrest is of great concern. This book explores new technologies and adaptation strategies to mitigate these environmental problems and cope with continued environmental change with the ultimate goal of promoting sustainable growth and improved quality of life in the region.

Author : Asian Development Bank. Environment Division
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Asia
ISBN : UCSD:31822027921964

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Central Asian Environments in Transition by Asian Development Bank. Environment Division Pdf

Author : Igor S. Zonn,Sergey S. Zhiltsov,Andrey G. Kostianoy,Aleksandr V. Semenov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030579869

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Water Resources Management in Central Asia by Igor S. Zonn,Sergey S. Zhiltsov,Andrey G. Kostianoy,Aleksandr V. Semenov Pdf

This book reviews the current status of water resources management in Central Asian countries, and outlines the history, policies and cross-border cooperation regarding water resources management in the region. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of water resources management in Central Asia, past and future water transfer projects, specific problems concerning water use and pollution, and national approaches to water management in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as to related conflicts between the Central Asian countries. Together with the companion volumes on Water Resources in Central Asia: International Context and Water Bodies and Climate Change 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.

Author : Tatvana Sailko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317879862

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Environmental Crises by Tatvana Sailko Pdf

Provides students with an in-depth historic and contemporary understanding of the causes, magnitude and implications of the different types of environmental crises in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

Author : Michael Glantz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999-05-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139429412

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Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin by Michael Glantz Pdf

Environmental degradation in the Aral Sea basin has been a touchstone for increasing public awareness of environmental issues. The Aral crisis has been touted as a 'quiet Chernobyl' and as one of the worst human-made environmental catastrophes of the twentieth century. This multidisciplinary 1999 book comprehensively describes the slow onset of low grade but incremental changes (i.e. creeping environmental change) which affected the region and its peoples. Through a set of case studies, it describes how the region's decision-makers allowed these changes to grow into an environmental and societal nightmare. It outlines many lessons to be learned for other areas undergoing detrimental creeping environmental change, and provides an important example of how to approach such disasters for students and researchers of environmental studies, global change, political science and history.

Author : Michael M. Cernea,Ay?e Kudat
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821339060

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Social Assessments for Better Development by Michael M. Cernea,Ay?e Kudat Pdf

This annual report lists and describes the World Bank Group's portfolio of projects designed to improve or protect the environment, all of which were under implementation during fiscal year 1996 (July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996). The first part of the report discusses significant environmental issues for each sector and region and describes the environmental activities of various parts of the World Bank Group. Boxes, tables, and figures supplement the narrative. A useful bibliography of World Bank publications on environmental topics closes the section. The second part consists of reports on environmentally targeted projects; World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) projects that required a full environmental assessment because of their potential impacts; investment operations supporting projects launched by the Global Environment Facility; and projects designed to help developing countries comply with the Montreal Protocol--a multilateral treaty that controls the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substance.

Author : Jeanne Féaux de la Croix,Beatrice Penati
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000983197

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Environmental Humanities in Central Asia by Jeanne Féaux de la Croix,Beatrice Penati Pdf

This book is the first collection to showcase the flourishing field of environmental humanities in Central Asia. A region larger than Europe, Central Asia possesses an astounding range of environments, from deserts to glaciated peaks. The volume brings into conversation scholarship from history to social anthropology, demonstrating the contribution that interdisciplinary and engaged research offers to many urgent issues in the region: from the history of conservationism to the tactics of environmental movements, from literary engagements with ‘pure nature’ to the impact of fossil fuel extraction. The collection focuses on the Central Asian republics of the former USSR, where a complex layering of nomadic and sedentary, Turkic and Persianate, Islamic and Soviet cultures ends up affecting human relations with distinct environments. Featuring state-of-the-art contributions, the book enquires into human-environment relations through a broad-brush typology of interactive modes: to extract, protect, enspirit and fear. Broadening the scope of analysis beyond a consideration of power, the authors bring into focus alternative local cosmologies and the unintended consequences of environmental policy. The volume highlights scholarship from within Central Asia as well as expertise elsewhere, offering readers diverse modes of knowledge-production in the environmental humanities. This book is an important resource for researchers and students of the environmental humanities, sustainability, history, politics, anthropology and geography of Asia, as well as Soviet and Post-Soviet studies.

Author : Christopher M. Teaf,Bulat K. Yessekin,Mikhail Kh. Khankhasayev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400710504

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Risk Assessment as a Tool for Water Resources Decision-Making in Central Asia by Christopher M. Teaf,Bulat K. Yessekin,Mikhail Kh. Khankhasayev Pdf

Water resources, both in terms of water quality and water quantity, are of critical importance in planning for sustainable development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in other parts of the world. This NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), entitled "Risk Assessment as a Tool for Water Resources Decision-Making in Central Asia", was conducted on September 23-25, 2002 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The ARW addressed methods and approaches by which risk assessment methodology that has been developed in the United States, Europe and elsewhere can be applied to environmental and water resource problems in Central Asia. The stated goals of the ARWwere: • to assess the existing state of knowledge in the context of potential applications of risk assessment tools to water resources and other environmental issues in Central Asia; • to identify research gaps and directions for future research in the area of water resources which may be addressed through the application of risk assessment tools; • to promote closer working relationships between the scientists and technical experts from Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as the scientists and technical experts from the United States and Europe. Based on historical experiences of Central Asian scientists and their colleagues in other parts of the world, there is a demonstrated need in the region to provide education, training and technical assistance on environmental decision-making tools, including risk assessment.

Author : Zheenbek E. Kulenbekov,Baktyiar D. Asanov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030683375

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Water Resource Management in Central Asia and Afghanistan by Zheenbek E. Kulenbekov,Baktyiar D. Asanov Pdf

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.

Author : Sergeĭ Sergeevich Zhilʹt︠s︡ov,I. S. Zonn,A. G. Kosti︠a︡noĭ,Aleksandr V. Semenov (Professor)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 3030112063

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Water Resources in Central Asia by Sergeĭ Sergeevich Zhilʹt︠s︡ov,I. S. Zonn,A. G. Kosti︠a︡noĭ,Aleksandr V. Semenov (Professor) Pdf

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.

Author : Mohammad Shafi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015070125748

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Central Asia by Mohammad Shafi Pdf

"Central Asia, which consists of five states, viz., Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, is a bridge between the east and west. It is surrounded by powerful states like China in the east, Russia (CIS) in the north, Iran and Afghanistan in the south, and Turkey and European countries in the west. In each state there are ethnic minorities but the policy of each state is based on secularism. Its economy, which is primarily based on nomadic herding, is fast changing. Although more than half the area of Central Asia is desert, the extensive irrigation has turned considerable area into smiling fields with consequent adverse environmental effects leading to shrinkage of the Aral Sea. The future of Central Asia lies in sustainable development. This introductory text on Central Asia provides coverage to broad range of political, historical, economic and cultural issues in the region. This analysis of modern states in Central Asia will certainly provide an understanding to the geo-politics of the region. Both students and teachers of geography, history, economics and politics will find this book highly informative and comprehensive research source."

Author : Edward Hughes,Kent Butts,Bernard Griffard,Arthur Bradshaw
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1484160967

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Responding to Environmental Challenges in Central Asia and the Caspian Basin by Edward Hughes,Kent Butts,Bernard Griffard,Arthur Bradshaw Pdf

The objectives of the conference were to clarify how environmental issues are central to the security of the region with the potential to create tensions or promote multilateral cooperation.

Author : Rajan Menon,Yuri E. Fedorov,Ghia Nodia,East West Insitute
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315501727

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Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia by Rajan Menon,Yuri E. Fedorov,Ghia Nodia,East West Insitute Pdf

This comprehensive exploration of the international environment examines not only traditional political-military concerns but also economic, ethnic, and environmental issues and the role of crime, terrorism, the drug trade, and migration in the security environment of Russia and its neighbours to the south. This approach takes account of both the internal and external aspects of security problems and their interplay. The participation of international authors facilitates the consideration of each problem from all relevant points of view.

Author : Erika Weinthal
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262731460

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State Making and Environmental Cooperation by Erika Weinthal Pdf

A study of the relationship between environmental cooperation and state building in post-Soviet Central Asia.