This volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security in Central Eurasia, using discussions of sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2009-10-15
Language: English
Number of Pages: 304
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods
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