Water in Central Asia
Subtitle: past, present, future
By: Viktor A. Dukhovny, Joop L.G. de Schutter
Contributors: Schutter, Joop de
Publisher: CRC Press/Balkema
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780415459624; 9780415475556; 9780203841457
Subjects: Water-supply; Management; Water resources development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenges and problems; title: A geographical review; title: Dead earth; title: The cost of water is life; title: A revival of the will; title: The development of flood irrigation; title: Irrigation in oases; title: Ancient irrigation in Khorezm; title: The water empire is the basis for Central Asian economics; title: Irrigation in the time of Timur and Timurids; title: Progress of science and historical development of irrigation in Central Asia; title: The origin and dynamics of the Aral Sea.