Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea and Its Lessons for Sustainability: 20 (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy) - Tapa dura

 
9781781903759: Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea and Its Lessons for Sustainability: 20 (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy)
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ISBN 10: 1781903751 ISBN 13: 9781781903759
Editorial: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012

Sinopsis

This volume addresses the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster; disappearance of what was the world’s fourth largest inland body of water. It argues this was the result of deliberate policy decisions. This volume is essential reading for everyone concerned with averting environmental disaster and in creating livable, sustainable communities.

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Reseña del editor

Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea, Lessons for Sustainability addresses the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster. The virtual disappearance of what was the world's fourth largest inland body of water was neither natural nor accidental. It was the result of deliberate policy decisions. The sea's disappearance is hardly the entire disaster. Instead, we find an accumulation of cascading effects, beginning with the decision to grow cotton, reached remotely in Moscow that altered the farming practices surrounding the Aral Sea. Unsustainable choices resulted in soil salinization, water pollution and toxic blowing sands, impacting the entire bioregion and beyond. A remote island was used to test biological weapons. Uzbekistan, most notably Karakalpakstan, was the autonomous republic at the epicenter of the disaster. Sustainable prospects exist, including renewable energy, permaculture and strengthening the social fabric amidst poverty and ecological collapse. This volume of Research in Social Problems and Public Policy is essential reading for everyone concerned with averting environmental disaster and instead creating livable, sustainable communities. Disaster by Design is a clarion call and an insightful study of Central Asia today.

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Editorial
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1781903751
ISBN 13 
9781781903759
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
506
Editor
Cerny Astrid, Edelstein Michael R.
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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