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Title

Sustainable development in Central Asia / edited by Shirin Akiner, Sander Tideman and Jon Hay.

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

• Akiner, Shirin
• Tideman, Sander
• Hay, Jon

Description

xx, 239 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Summary

"Recognition of the coherence and significance of Central Asia as a region is made newly inevitable and urgent by the global environmental crisis. The Central Asian environment is particularly vulnerable to drought and soil erosion, if not carefully managed. Lifestyles have evolved here which are exceptionally well-adapted to natural conditions - nomadic and transhumant pastoralism, agriculture based on irrigation - but they have been put under increasing pressure by industrialisation and intensive agriculture imposed by outsiders." "A wide range of perspectives 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Sustainable development > Asia, Central
• Sustainable development > Asia, Central > Case studies
• Zentralasien
• Economische ontwikkeling
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Duurzame ontwikkeling
• Nachhaltige Entwicklung
• Umweltverträglichkeit

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat -- Foreword / Kushok Bakula Rinpoche -- On the Need for a Unified Approach to Sustainable Development in Central Asia / Sander G. Tideman -- 1. Conceptual Geographies of Central Asia / Shirin Akiner -- 2. Development and Globalisation: Social, Psychological and Environmental Costs / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- 3. The Shortcomings of the Classical Economic Model: Appropriate Economic Parameters Are Required for Sustainable Development of Central Asia / Sander G. Tideman -- 4. Sustainable Development: The Mongolian Experience / Z. Batjargal -- 5. Amalgamating the Free Market Economy and Traditional Nomadic Society / Alicia J. Campi -- 6. Lake Hovsgol - Selenge River Project / Zane G. Smith -- 7. Environmental Sustainability, Development and Planning in Tibet / Graham Clarke -- 8. Desertification in Western China / Wang Tao -- 9. China-Australia Sheep Project, Xinjiang / Frank B. Roseby -- 10. Environmental Problems in Kazakhstan / Aliya S. Beisenova -- 11. Sustainable Mineral-Driven Development in Turkmenistan / Richard M. Auty -- 12. The Demographic Boom and its Impact on the Mountain Regions of Tajikistan / Khojamakhmad Umarov -- 13. Promoting Integrated Mountain Development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas / Mahesh Banskota -- 14. The Rural Non-Farm Sector in India: Issues of Relevance to Development in Central Asia / Thomas Fisher.

ISBN

• 0312219318 (cloth)
• 9780312219314 (cloth)

LCCN

98034842

OCLC

• ocm39443611
• 39443611
• SCSB-5535746

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries