Environmental Crises in Central Asia: From steppes to seas, from deserts to glaciers

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Eric Freedman Mark Neuzil (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

Environmental Crises in Central Asia

From steppes to seas, from deserts to glaciers

Eric Freedman, Mark Neuzil (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

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Routledge
25 April 2018

Politics & government; Geography; Pollution & threats to the environment

Series: Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media

Environmental conditions do not exist in a vacuum. They are influenced by science, politics, history, public policy, culture, economics, public attitudes, and competing priorities, as well as past human decisions. In the case of Central Asia, such Soviet-era decisions include irrigation systems and physical infrastructure that are now crumbling, mine tailings that leach pollutants into soil and groundwater, and abandoned factories that are physically decrepit and contaminated with toxic chemicals.

Environmental Crises in Central Asia highlights major environmental challenges confronting the region’s former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include threats to the Caspian and Aral seas, the impact of climate change on glaciers, desertification, deforestation, destruction of habitat and biodiversity, radioactive and hazardous wastes, water quality and supply, energy exploration and development, pesticides and food security, and environmental health. The ramifications of these challenges cross national borders and may affect economic, political, and cultural relationships on a vast geographic scale. At the same time, the region’s five governments have demonstrated little resolve to address these complex challenges.

This book is a valuable multi-disciplinary resource for academics, scholars, and policymakers in environmental sciences, geography, political science, natural resources, mass communications, public health, and economics.

Edited by: Eric Freedman, Mark Neuzil (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138597532
ISBN 10: 1138597538
Series: Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 25 April 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eric Freedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, is Knight Chair and Director of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University, USA. Mark Neuzil is a professor of communication and journalism at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., USA, where he teaches environmental communication, multimedia reporting, communication history, and communication ethics.