Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region
Editors: Glantz, M.H., Zonn, Igor S. (Eds.)
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On behalf of the Russian Federation Committee on Water Economy, I would like to welcome the participants of the NATO-sponsored Workshop on the Problems of the Caspian Sea and the Circum-Caspian States. The world's largest intercontinental sea/lake is well known for its wealth mineral and fuel resources and sturgeon stocks' the products of which (oil and caviar) are in constant demand on the world market. During the last half-century the Caspian Sea has been the focus of the scientific community concerned with its level fluctuations. We were, and still are, solving a two-faceted issue: to rescue the Caspian Sea and to rescue the population from the Caspian Sea. To rescue the Caspian Sea is to address a broad spectrum of environmental issues related primarily to water pollution by waste water and petroleum products. To rescue the population from the Caspian Sea means that an almost 2.5 m sea level rise in the last two decades has resulted in flooding of vast coastal areas deteriorating economic and social spheres of activity. Solutions to these issues are linked to the numerous mysterious aspects of recent Caspian Sea behavior. Regrettably, the collapse of the USSR has led to a decline of marine observations and control over the use of marine resources in the region. Coordinated international action on the protection of living marine resources have terminated, generating disastrous consequences.
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`...the contributors and editors should be commended for the high standards of excellence ... will become basic reference works for future research on the environmental issues of the Aral and the Caspian.' Central Asian Survey, 19:2 (2000)
- Table of contents (25 chapters)
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The Regionalization of Climate-Related Environmental Problems
Pages 3-10
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Closed Areas and the Case of the Caspian Sea Basin
Pages 11-16
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Overview: History and Causes of Caspian Sea Level Change
Pages 17-25
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Assessment of the State of the Caspian Sea
Pages 27-39
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Environmental Problems of the Caspian Sea Region and the Conflict of National Priorities
Pages 41-52
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region
- Editors
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- M.H. Glantz
- Igor S. Zonn
- Series Title
- Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 2
- Series Volume
- 29
- Copyright
- 1997
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-011-5502-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-011-5502-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-7923-4626-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-010-6316-6
- Series ISSN
- 1389-1839
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 312
- Topics
