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Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea and Its Lessons for Sustainability
Michael R Edelstein
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Description for Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea and Its Lessons for Sustainability
Hardback. 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. Editor(s): Edelstein, Michael R.; Cerny, Astrid; Gadaev, Abror. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: RNR; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 771.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781903759
SKU
V9781781903759
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