Disaster by design the Aral Sea and its lessons for sustainability

• Other Authors: Edelstein, Michael R., Cerny, Astrid., Gadaev, Abror.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
• Series: Research in social problems and public policy ; v. 20.
• Subjects: Political Science > General.; Political Science > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.; Nature > Natural Disasters.; Social impact of environmental issues.; Natural disasters.; Environmental disasters > Aral Sea Watershed (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781781903766 (electronic bk.) :
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xlii, 463 p.) : ill.

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...