State Making and Environmental Cooperation: Linking Domestic and International Politics in Central Asia

by Erika Weinthal

Book Overview

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.

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• 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