Environment and Post-Soviet Transformation in Kazakhstan's Aral Sea Region : sea changes

Environment and Post-Soviet Transformation in Kazakhstan's Aral Sea Region sea changes

The Aral Sea is well known for its devastating regression over the second half of the twentieth century, and for its recent partial restoration. Environment and Post-Soviet Transformation in Kazakhstan's Aral Sea Region is the first book to explore what these monumental changes have meant to th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wheeler, William, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : UCL Press 2021.
Materias:
Human ecology.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745204806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Series Page
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Glossary and Abbreviations
  • Maps
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Aral Sea and the Modernisation of Central Asia: A Century of Catastrophes
  • 2 Seeing Like a Bureaucrat: Problems of Living Standards and Employment
  • 3 Ocean Fish, State Socialism and Nostalgia in Aral'sk
  • 4 Rupture and Continuity in Aral Fishing Villages
  • 5 From Soviet Ruins: Flounder, the Kökaral Dam and the Return of the Small Aral Sea
  • 6 Zander and Social Change in Bögen 7 Aral'sk Today: Fish, Money, Ekologiia
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Sources for Fish Catches, 1905-80
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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