Central Eurasian water crisis : Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas / edited by Iwao Kobori and Michael H. Glantz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kobori, Iwao, 1924-2010.

Glantz, Michael H.

Series:

Water resources management and policy Central Eurasian water crisis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Asia.

Water-supply.

Sustainable development--Asia.

Sustainable development.

Water rights--Asia.

Water rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 203 p., [4] p. of plates ) ill. (some col.), maps ;

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Perspectives water environment management / Juha I. Uitto

Central Eurasian water perspectives and arid land studies / Iwao Kobori

Major environmental problems in world lakes / Tatsuo Kira

Creeping environmental problems in the Aral Sea Basin / Michael H. Glantz

The Aral Sea and socio-economic development / Tsuneo Tsukatani

Satellite image maps of the Aral Sea and Central Asia / Toshibumi Sakata

Word on Aral / O. Abdirakhmanov

The role of academic research in solving ecological problems of the Aral Sea Region / U. M. Sultangazin

Iranian strategies in Central Asia / Modjtaba Sadria

Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea Area / Genady N. Golubev

Iranian perspectives on the Caspian Sea and Central Asia / Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh

Principles for confidence-building measures in the Jordan River watershed / Aaron T. Wolf

Alternative strategies in the inter-state regional development of the Jordan Rift Valley / Masahiro Murakami

The role of international organizations in the integrated management of international water bodies : the activities of the UNU, UNEP, and the World Bank in the Middle East / Mikiyasu Nakayama.

Notes:

"Water Resources Management and Policy"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-585-11663-6