Environmental Problems of Central Asia and their Economic, Social and Security Impacts
Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8960-2
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entral 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.
Subject: Earth and Environmental Science, Global warming, biodiversity, climate change, development, ecology, ecosystems, environmental change, ecotoxicology, water quality and water pollution, Environmental Management, Development Economics, Waste Water Technology, Water Pollution Control, Water Management, Aquatic Pollution
