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Environmental Health in Central Asia

Author : Dilorom Fayzieva
Publisher : Computational Mechanics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Health in Central Asia written by Dilorom Fayzieva and published by Computational Mechanics. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last few years new directions in environmental health research have been successfully developed in the Central Asian republics. This volume contains a broad scientific review of possible influences of environmental conditions such as ambient air quality, water supply, sanitation, nutrition, and industrial and agricultural activity on the health of those living in the Aral Sea Basin. Promoting a better understanding of current environmental health problems in this region, the book includes the following chapters: ambient air quality and dust exposure; water quality, water supply and sanitation; industrial activity and health; epidemiological studies of non-infectious diseases; infectious diseases, microbiology and immunology; nutritional aspects; children's health; use of pesticides in agriculture and health effects; and strategies for the future.

Environmental Crises in Central Asia

Author : Eric Freedman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131783609X
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Crises in Central Asia written by Eric Freedman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Environment and Health in Central Asia

Author : Jennifer Sue Franz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Environment and Health in Central Asia written by Jennifer Sue Franz and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Environmental Humanities in Central Asia

Author : Jeanne Féaux de la Croix
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000983196
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Humanities in Central Asia written by Jeanne Féaux de la Croix and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Central Asian Environments in Transition

Author : Asian Development Bank. Environment Division
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Central Asian Environments in Transition written by Asian Development Bank. Environment Division and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 1997 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Environmental Problems of Central Asia and Their Economic, Social and Security Impacts

Author : Jiaguo Qi
Publisher : NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
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Download or read book Environmental Problems of Central Asia and Their Economic, Social and Security Impacts written by Jiaguo Qi and published by NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental Problems of Central Asia and their Economic, Social and Security Impacts Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1-5 October 2007

The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia

Author : Roy Behnke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402085420
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia written by Roy Behnke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a selection of papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop on ‘The Socio-economic causes and consequences of desertification in Central Asia’ held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in June 2006. The meeting provided a forum for twenty-six scientists from Central Asia and NATO countries to discuss the human dimensions of the desertifi- tion process. Papers presented to the meeting examined recent scientific evidence on the impact of desertification on livestock production, public health, and biodiversity, and contributed to the formulation of coh- ent national and regional policies for the management of watersheds, rangelands, and irrigated agriculture. The meeting was co-directed by Roy Behnke of the Macaulay Institute, UK, and by Lapas Alibekov of the Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan. Both the workshop and this subsequent publication have been financed by the NATO Scientific Affairs Division and we gratefully acknowledge this support. The Bishkek meeting was ably hosted by the Kyrgyz Sheep Breeders Association under the dir- tion of Akylbek Rakaev who contributed substantially to the successful running of the workshop. Deliberations at the workshop emphasized that policy failures at national level had promoted desertification within the region.

Revised Guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context for Central Asian Countries

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789211172072
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Revised Guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context for Central Asian Countries written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The economies of the Central Asian countries have seen unprecedented growth over the past two decades and have ambitious goals for the future, including with regard to modernizing industries and enhancing infrastructure to support inclusive economic development and connectivity in the subregion. The governments of these countries recognize that it is imperative for them to ensure that industry- and infrastructure-development projects not only provide short-term economic benefits but also guarantee long-term sustainable growth and the right of future generations to a clean and healthy environment. In this context Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan increasingly acknowledge that environmental impact assessment is an effective mechanism for ensuring that environmental and health considerations are incorporatied in to development projects at an early stage"--Page 3.

Central Asia Atlas of Natural Resources

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292547593
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Central Asia Atlas of Natural Resources written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas brings together a wealth of information related to living and nonliving natural resources in the five countries of Central Asia---Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It contains an array of maps based on geographic information systems and remote sensing images, numerous photographs, tabulations of important data, and extensive descriptive text that together illustrate and describe the region's bountiful natural resources, its diversity of peoples, and their progress toward sustainable development. Highlights include geographic and climatic features; environmental, economic, and social profiles; energy, minerals, and water resources; ecoregions and ecosystems; major fauna and flora; agriculture and fisheries; peoples and cultural traditions; and economic and social statistics.

Thirteen Environmental Stories from Central Asia

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thirteen Environmental Stories from Central Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sustainable Development in Central Asia

Author : Shirin Akiner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136788964
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Development in Central Asia written by Shirin Akiner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a pioneering conference held in Ulaan Baatar in September 1994. The first Conference on the Sustainable Development of Central Asia brought together government officials, development professionals, academics, activists and religious representatives from Central, South and East Asia and the West. The full range of perspectives from this diverse group is presented here on how Central Asia can find paths of development which really serve its long term interests, and what the rest of the world can learn from Central Asians about living in harmony with the environment.

Risk Assessment as a Tool for Water Resources Decision-Making in Central Asia

Author : Christopher M. Teaf
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940071050X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Risk Assessment as a Tool for Water Resources Decision-Making in Central Asia written by Christopher M. Teaf and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Transboundary Environmental Governance in Asia

Author : Simon Marsden
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782547126
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Transboundary Environmental Governance in Asia written by Simon Marsden and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of treaty implementation and compliance concerning transboundary environmental governance in Asia is provided in this timely book. Recent United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) membership by Asian states in the C

The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia

Author : Roy Behnke
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789048120390
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia written by Roy Behnke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a selection of papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop on ‘The Socio-economic causes and consequences of desertification in Central Asia’ held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in June 2006. The meeting provided a forum for twenty-six scientists from Central Asia and NATO countries to discuss the human dimensions of the desertifi- tion process. Papers presented to the meeting examined recent scientific evidence on the impact of desertification on livestock production, public health, and biodiversity, and contributed to the formulation of coh- ent national and regional policies for the management of watersheds, rangelands, and irrigated agriculture. The meeting was co-directed by Roy Behnke of the Macaulay Institute, UK, and by Lapas Alibekov of the Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan. Both the workshop and this subsequent publication have been financed by the NATO Scientific Affairs Division and we gratefully acknowledge this support. The Bishkek meeting was ably hosted by the Kyrgyz Sheep Breeders Association under the dir- tion of Akylbek Rakaev who contributed substantially to the successful running of the workshop. Deliberations at the workshop emphasized that policy failures at national level had promoted desertification within the region.

Central Asia Human Development Report

Author : Johannes F. Linn
Publisher : UN
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Central Asia Human Development Report written by Johannes F. Linn and published by UN. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is a comprehensive analysis of the many challenges that confront Central Asia, including high trade costs, environmental devastation, increased inequality, rising migration, the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS and poor governance. There has been recent progress towards regional cooperation, but the barriers created by borders negatively affect peoples' lives. It is contended that increased cooperation among the Central Asian republics, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan would produce substantial political and economic gains, including income increases of 50 percent to 100 percent over the next ten years. The cost of non-cooperation is continued deterioration in income distribution, social services and general living conditions, according to the Report, and possibly a descent into the vicious cycle of economic crisis and corrupt governance that often leads to social unrest.

Environmental Performance Reviews

Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy
Publisher : New York : United Nations
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Performance Reviews written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 2001 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Performance Reviews promote sustainable development throughout Europe. They present a detailed study on environmental position of each country and examine the framework for environmental policy and management.

Power and Water in Central Asia

Author : Filippo Menga
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317194314
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Power and Water in Central Asia written by Filippo Menga and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is an irreplaceable and transient resource, which crosses political boundaries in the form of rivers, lakes, and groundwater aquifers. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, led to the birth of fifteen countries including the five Central Asian republics, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. When the USSR ceased to exist, so did the centralised Soviet resource distribution system that managed the exchange and allocation of water, energy, and food supplies. A whole new set of international relations emerged, and the newly formed Central Asian governments had to redefine the policies related to the exchange and sharing of their natural resources. This book analyses the role of state power in transboundary water relations. It provides an in–depth study of the evolution of interstate relations in Central Asia in the field of water from 1991-2015. Taking as a case study the planned construction of the Rogun and Kambarata dams in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, the author examines various forms of overt and covert power shaping interstate relations and the way hegemonic and counter-hegemonic measures are put in place in an international river basin. He argues that the intimate correlation between the concepts of power and hegemony can offer key insights to the analysis and understanding of transboundary water relations. While the analytical focus is placed on state power, the book demonstrates that hegemonic and counter-hegemonic tactics represent the ways in which power is wielded and observed. Offering fresh theoretical interpretations to the subjects of power and counter-hegemony in the Aral Sea basin, this book puts forward the original circle of hydro-hegemony, an analytical framework in which the various forms of power are connective in the function of hegemony. It will be of interest to scholars in the field of water and environmental politics and Central Asian Studies.