State Making and Environmental Cooperation: Linking Domestic and International Politics in Central Asia
(Part of the Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation Series)
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The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers of Central Asia flow across deserts to empty into the Aral Sea. Under Soviet rule, so much water was diverted from the rivers for agricultural purposes that salinity levels rapidly rose and the sea shrank. There was an upsurge in dust storms containing toxic salt residue, and a new desert began to replace the sea. At the same time, agricultural runoff rendered the drinking water unfit for human consumption. In...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262731460
ISBN13:9780262731461
Release Date:February 2002
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 8.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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